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Celebrating with Champagne, but why?!
The New Year is right around the corner, so happy December everyone. 😀 This is the time of the year when people like to celebrate and make a toast to a This is the time of the year when people like to celebrate and make a toast to a successful (or a little less successful) ending year […]
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Climate changes and wine production, part 2
In the first part of the article, we wrote about effects of climate changes and how they affect viticulture industry, therefore, winegrowers. Now we are going to take a closer look at some adaptation techniques which can grape growers and winemakers consider when adapting to climate changes. What can winegrowers do? The whole global wine […]
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Climate changes and wine production, part 1
Climate change has become a real issue in the past decades. Since the beginning of the 20. century the average global temperature has risen and the same goes for the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Mostly due to increase of fossil fuels burning. If this will continue at the same pace, scientists […]
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The world wine industry is shifting from old to the new wine world
Global trade in wine is a market worth more than 25 billion euros and around 40% of all wine is consumed in another country than where it was produced. “New” production countries are bringing new ideas and tastes and are therefore sharpening the market.
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French organic wines
Organic production is rapidly growing over the past few years, largely due to the consumer demands for high quality food. Not only production of organic food but also production of wine made from organically grown grapes is rising. This trend has already expanded in the world capital of wine production Bordeaux, France. There are several […]
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World’s most common grape varieties
Through the years, wines have become more and more popular all around the world. The production of grapes for must and wine followed that trend. Interestingly, in the last 20 years, non-traditional grape and wine production countries, such as China and New Zealand, have significantly increased their wine production due to increased vineyard areas and […]
