NAPA, CALIF. October 6, 2020 – Napa Valley Wine Academy announces the winner of the Languedoc Wines WSET Diploma Scholarship. The Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins du Languedoc (CIVL) partnered with NVWA to offer the scholarship to the Academy’s WSET Diploma students. The contest included a...

How Analytical Insights Help Craft Fine Languedoc Wine By Drinks Business Magazine In this Drinks Business article from 2024, the magazine reports on how FOSS analytical technology has helped Gérard Bertrand to maintain high quality in its award-winning wines. Putting aside the...

According to market research, “The precision viticulture market is expected to reach $ 1,546.6 million by 2022. The market is driven by government support for the adoption of viticulture modernization techniques. 1 A global market with high potential to be conquered Another approach consists of...

October has arrived but the usual clarity it gives the Northern Hemisphere harvest picture is lacking this year due to diverse fortunes in Europe – sometimes between even neighbouring vineyards – and, in California, a lag in the growing season by up to four weeks. It has been a year of noticeably...

This year’s Northern Hemisphere harvests are now underway and while Mother Nature has seemingly been even more capricious than usual – heatwaves, humidity, hailstorms, flooding, mildew, disease pressure – there has been little news emanating from the vineyards to stimulate an uptick in buying...

By Nathan Wisniewski How would you define varietal / fermentative aromas? Varietal aromas, sometimes called primary aromas, come from aromatic compounds present in the grapes. These aromas are generally typical of specific grape varieties (thiols in Sauvignon Blanc, Colombard, Petit & Gros Manseng,...

In October 2021, as the world started to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic amid the vaccine rollout, we reported: “The global recovery is spurring inflationary pressure across supply chains and compounding a shortage of shipping containers, shipping vessels, and efficient port operations”. A year...

This year, more than normal, August and the start of September felt like a holding period while the Northern Hemisphere harvests commenced and their likely respective sizes are assessed. The slowness of the bulk market in many countries – persisting for 2-3 months, brought about by the inflationary...