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NASA Study Finds Climate Change Shifting Wine Grape Harvests in France and Switzerland
A new study from NASA and Harvard University finds that climate change is diminishing an important link between droughts and the timing of wine grape harvests in France and Switzerland. During a study of wine grape harvest dates from 1600 to 2007, researchers discovered harvests began shifting dramatically earlier during the latter half of the 20th century. These shifts were caused by changes in ...
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M&S first retailer to convert mini wine range to PET
From this month, Marks and Spencer will become the first retailer to convert its entire range of mini 25cl wine bottles from glass to PET. This move is set to save the retailer 525 tonnes of packaging a year, equivalent to 747 jumbo jets, and will be extended to all 19 white, red and rose wines which are available in the 25cl size. The mini bottles are 88% lighter than the previous glass ...
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Agilent to host wine industry webinar
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it will host a webinar Oct. 8 featuring Dr. Helene Hopfer, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California at Davis, Department of Viticulture and Enology. Dr. Hopfer will present data on trace-metals analyses in the wine-making process. Attendees will learn how to use advanced trace-metals profiling technologies to assess the impact of ...
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Purfresh Ramps Up Trials, Collaborates with Tastry for Data
The announcement comes as Purfresh Wine ramps up trials looking not just at ozone treatments for mitigating smoke issues, but at ozone’s potential for improving anthocyanin levels, rounding tannins, removing bacteria, or mold, etc. Purfresh Wine is now serving 25 wineries. “Over the last few years, we have had the privilege of working with extraordinary winemakers in an effort to ...
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Purfresh Wine and Tastry Collaborate to Improve Wine and Mitigate Smoke Taint Damage to Grapes
Purfresh Wine, an Ag-Tech company, applying ozone (O3) technology to enhance wine quality and save grapes exposed to smoke from wildfires, and Tastry, a leading sensory sciences company, are collaborating to mitigate smoke taint damage to grapes. This partnership will add value to winemakers for a more efficient, sustainable, and secure industry future. Purfresh Wine uses O3 technology to treat ...
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How policies could help winegrowers adapt to climate change
Grapes are sensitive to small changes in temperature, rain and sunlight, meaning climate change will have implications for wine producers worldwide. This study assessed local vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies in two wineproducing areas in France. The findings may help growers to develop suitable methods of adapting to long-term climate change. Changes to climate are already having ...
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Promotion of EU agricultural products outside the EU
The European Commission has approved measures to provide information on, and to promote agricultural products in third countries. Member States submitted 20 programmes to the Commission to be examined. The 10 programmes that have been accepted are from France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Romania. The products covered are PGI and PDO, wine, fruit and vegetables, meat, spirits, ...
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Purfresh Ozone Container Trials Show Promise for Smoke-Affected Winegrapes
Trials conducted during the 2020 harvest with smoke-exposed winegrapes using controlled ozone (O3) treatments in shipping containers indicate such pre-crush treatments can mitigate and reduce levels of smoke-related volatile phenol (VP) compounds from grapes and produce resulting wines with more favorable sensory and quality characteristics. Purfresh Wine of Hayward, California (formerly branded ...
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EUR 28m EU support for the promotion of agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 16 programmes in 12 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom) to provide information on and to promote agricultural products in the European Union. The total budget of the programmes running between one and three years is € 62.1 million, of which the EU will ...
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€ 35 million EU support for the promotion of agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries
The European Commission has approved 22 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The total budget of the programmes, the grand majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 70 million, of which the EU contributes € 35 million. The selected programmes cover quality products registered and protected as PDOs (Protected ...
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The Commission approves new promotion programmes for agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 41 new programmes to promote agricultural products in the EU and on third country markets, worth 130 million EURO over 3 years, half of which (65m EURO) comes from the EU budget. This includes an extra 30m€ of EU funds made available by the Commission following the Russian ban on imports of EU food products last August. Commenting on these new ...
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Rising heat brings earlier vintage
Global warming has begun to change the conditions for a fine wine harvest. The grapes are blooming earlier in Burgundy. The vintners of Vaud in Switzerland have a new harvest timetable. And the conditions for fine claret have altered in Bordeaux. Two US scientists have analysed 400 years of harvest data from France and Switzerland to confirm that, while climate change has not yet created ...
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€ 23 million EU support to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries
The European Commission has approved 20 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The total budget of the programmes, the grand majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 46,5 million of which the EU contributes € 23,3 million. The selected programmes cover a variety of product categories, such as quality products (PDOs, ...
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Time-Honored MARTINI Asti traditions yield sustainable business practices for centuries to come
MARTINI Asti, the world's favorite Italian sparkling wine, sustains a nearly 150-year-old business through innovation and a passion for keeping Italian traditions alive. To view the multimedia assets associated with this news release, please select: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/martini-asti/47517/ On the steep hills in the heart of the Asti region of Northwest Italy, 400 family vineyards ...
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Ontario Winemakers Embrace Importance of Sustainable Water Practices
An overwhelming majority of wineries in Ontario recognize the value of water and how sustainable water management practices can improve winery operational performance, reduce costs and support growth, a recent survey of Ontario wineries found. The 2016 survey, conducted by the BLOOM Centre for Sustainability, showed that 94 per cent of Ontario wineries believe improved water management practices ...
By BLOOM
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Rural development programmes 2007-2014 approved by the EC
Country profile GERMANY Size: 357,000 km² Population: 82.31 millions inhabitants (density: 231 inhabitants/ km²) GDP per capita: € 23,702 (year 2003; source: national strategy plan for rural development) Rural areas cover 80% of the German territory and about 40% of the population live in these areas. The German situation is characterized by important regional discrepancies such ...
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“VISCA”: Climate resilience in the wine sector
Meteosim will lead the consortium of this R&D project that has been recently granted by the EU Climate change is threatening wine-grapes (i.e. decrease of the grape quality and quantity, changes in alcohol, acid, sugar, etc.), directly affecting the European wine industry. VISCA (“Vineyards´ Integrated Smart Climate Application”) is a Climate Service (CS) and Decision ...
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Flottweg Partners with German Wine Festival in Warsaw
April 11, 2019 saw the celebration of the German Wine Festival in the heart of Warsaw. The event took place for the eleventh time. Over 32 exhibitors took part in the German Wine Festival, including wine producers and importers. This year, Flottweg was one of the main sponsors of the event. At around 3.8 million hectoliters per year, Germany is one of the world's top 10 wine exporters. German ...
By Flottweg SE
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Biotalys Reports Half-Year 2022 Financial Results and Business Highlights
Biotalys Reports Half-Year 2022 Financial Results and Business Highlights Established strategic partnerships, paving the way for market calibration in the U.S. of Biotalys’ first biocontrol product Evoca™* Realized R&D breakthrough for Evoca, increasing the commercial potential of the product by 2026 Expanded Executive and Board leadership Cash and cash equivalents ...
By Biotalys NV
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