{"id":269,"date":"2017-02-20T14:58:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/?p=269"},"modified":"2017-02-20T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T14:31:08","slug":"record-460-wines-at-best-value-vin-de-france-selection-2017-up-17-from-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/2017\/02\/20\/record-460-wines-at-best-value-vin-de-france-selection-2017-up-17-from-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Record 460 wines at Best Value Vin De France Selection 2017 \u2013 up 17% from 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week heralded the 8th<\/sup> edition of the annual Best Value Vin De France Selection tasting.\u00a0 It is incredible to think that the category has been on the market for so long; the time has certainly passed quickly!\u00a0 Since 2009, when Vin De France wines were first launched, there have been considerable changes in our export markets, and the category has continued to grow and gain in importance.\u00a0 Today some 15% of all French still wines exported are Vin De France wines.\u00a0 A total of 185 million bottles were sold in 2016 \u2013 double the volume compared with 2010 \u2013 with 749 producers including at least one Vin De France wine in their portfolio, a number that increases each year.\u00a0 We are very proud to represent so many French wine producers, and look forward to welcoming even more to \u201cClub Vin De France\u201d in the coming months and years.<\/p>\n

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Last Friday 47 wine professionals and international buyers gathered in the plush rooms at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, just off Place de la R\u00e9publique, to taste their way through 460 samples of Vin De France wines.\u00a0 Our international judging panel this year came from 13 countries.\u00a0 Our regular friends from Europe included key markets such as Germany, the UK and the Netherlands; we had a large contingent from the US and Canada; a good representation from Scandinavia; the Far East was represented by China, Japan and Hong Kong; and this year we were delighted to add Australia to our far-reaching list!\u00a0 One of the most pleasurable elements of this tasting is this international element, and the rich conversations shared across the table after each flight.\u00a0 It is fascinating to hear the different cultural benchmarks which consumers in these very diverse markets use to assess the wines they like.\u00a0 A good job then that Vin De France is a category designed to craft wines which are tailored to answer all these individual requirements!<\/p>\n

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After a long and intense series of flights and cultural exchanges, the judges repaired to the dining room for a well-earned break, whilst Team ANIVIN de FRANCE set out the medal winners.\u00a0 A record 138 wines were selected as award winning wines, with 33 winning the coveted gold award.\u00a0 Reds did well this year, with Merlot and Syrah showing nicely.\u00a0 In whites it was the Chardonnay flights that dazzled our judging panels this year.\u00a0 Ros\u00e9s also scored well, perhaps due to the good vintage in 2016 across France; and the\u00a0category once again demonstrated the exciting innovation that is now a traditional part of our judges\u2019 discovery at the tasting.<\/p>\n

The award winning wines will be shown at Prowein (stand A 99 Hall 11)<\/strong> in March and then at VINEXPO.\u00a0 I look forward to meeting some of you there, and in the meantime look out for our feature in the March edition of The Drinks Business<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Click here for a full list of the award winning wines:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

BEST VALUE VIN DE FRANCE SELECTION 2017 – Palmar\u00e8s<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week heralded the 8th edition of the annual Best Value Vin De France Selection tasting.\u00a0 It is incredible to think that the category has been on the market for so long; the time has certainly passed quickly!\u00a0 Since 2009, when Vin De France wines were first launched, there have been considerable changes in our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6,7,3],"tags":[9,44,30,35,43,6,48,16,49,13,11,45,8,47,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vindefrance-cepages.org\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}