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NEWS Advertorial Lionel Osmin, Thomas Dassé - Export Sales Europe and Damiens Sartori - Oenologist, Lionel Osmin & Cie (l. to r.) Myths of Gods, Bears and Snow-capped Mountains Pyrène is the modern face of the authentic varieties of France’s south western wines – with a mythical touch Implanted at the foot of the Pyrenees, at Pau en Béarn, it seemed evident that this wine should be named Pyrène, due to the “legend of Pyrène”. Pyrène was a young beautiful woman who fell in love with Hercules. She lived here, in these mountains. When Hercules left her to undertake his 12 tasks, leaving her all alone, she was attacked by a bear, and despite him running back from the other end of the world, he was too late to save her. Thus the mountains were named in her honour. Several varieties are highlighted by Lionel Osmin & Cie, with clever labeling, including the Cuvée Marine – the most popular fruity blend of the south-west – with Colombard, Sauvignon Blanc and Gros Manseng – an original French creation. A light blue label with black, red and gold lettering was chosen for the incomparable Beau Manseng, the most popular mono-variety of the south west. Then come the Blanc Bec Fumé Sauvignon Blanc, Le Blanc Beurré Chardonnay, La Vie en Rose Négrette and Pays de Cocagne Merlot, Tannat and Syrah blend • Hall 1, Stand E324 Wine Leaders Committed to Climate Change Individual wineries taking steps to improve their sustainability is to be applauded, but to make a real difference producers should look to collaborate on a bigger regional scale. That was one of the key conclusions given by John Holdren, professor of environmental science at Harvard University, who was talking as part of a major debate on how the wine industry is handling climate change during the opening day of Vinexpo. Miguel Torres, president of Bodegas Torres, lamented the fact climate change is no longer on the main political agenda. He said none of the candidates in the recent Spanish elections had any policies to tackle the issue. Kathryn Hall of Hall Wines in Napa said that despite President Trump’s decision to leave the Paris Climate Agreement, the US It might only be the second day of formal negotiations between the British government and the European parliament over how the UK is officially going to leave the EU but the impact is already being felt by the global wine industry. Currency rates, particularly sterling, were hit immediately by the Leave vote in the UK’s EU referendum last June, directly affecting the competitiveness of wine from key producing countries around the world. How Brexit is going to influence future trading not only with the UK, but wine industry was very much committed to tackling climate change. She pointed to various initiatives in California, like the Napa Green project • John P. Holdren, Professor of environmental science at Harvard University THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON THE WORLD’S WINE INDUSTRY between international wine markets is the subject of today’s debate on the issue. The panel includes Miles Beale, chief executive of the UK’s Wine & Spirit Trade Association, who is working with international bodies to prepare potential trading agreements post-Brexit; Andrew Shaw, group wine buying director of Conviviality, the UK’s largest wine distributor; and Jean-Marie Barillère, president of the Union of Maison de Champagne • Forum, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm © Philippe Labeguerie Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits group is attending the 19 th edition of Vinexpo Bordeaux. Welcome to our booth to live abold and savory experience Hall 1 - BD287 6 VINEXPO DAILY / DAY 3 EDITION / TUESDAY 20 TH JUNE 2017
Meet Organic Gently Does It Italy’s Number One Wine Producer producer, Domaine Bousquet also ranks among the top 15 Argentinean wine exporters overall • Hall 3, Stand W340 Hall 3, Stand W340 Domaine Bousquet is a French-owned business in Argentina, whose philosophy is to focus on WORLD OF ORGANIC WINES preserving the grape’s high quality characteristics, The Colomba Bianca winery was Colomba Bianca is now the biggest which is why gentle handling of the fruit is the founded in 1970, and over the past 10 producer of organic wine in Italy. At guiding principle of the winery. Grapes arrive years it has become the biggest wine present the organic production is at from the Vineyard in boxes to the receiving area, growing co-operative in Sicily. 11,000,000 litres, or in other words, where they are hand-sorted before going to the 22% of the total production. Their aim is next stage. The company today has around to increase the organic production up to Domaine Bousquet is the biggest organic 2,500 partners and extends over 50% of the total production • producer in Argentina (almost 4-million bottles 7,500 hectares of vineyards between sold / year) - currently represented in more than the provinces of Trapani, Palermo, 40 countries around the world. Agrigento, Caltanissetta and Ragusa. Located 1200m. above sea level in Tupungato Colomba Blanca works with the aim of valley, Mendoza Argentina, the company’s ensuring that its farmers receive the right primary focus is the production of certified compensation for their work, adding organic wines through sustainable farming. “dignity to Sicilian agriculture” and to the wines which express at best their Domaine Bousquet is certified as an organic farm territory. It is for this reason that each one and production facility by Argencert in affiliation of the company’s wines is dedicated to with the ECOCERT. While being the top organic its farmers. VINEXPO DAILY / DAY 3 EDITION / TUESDAY 20 TH JUNE 2017 7
