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Morning of the oenologists - Bordeaux the 20/03/2009

Within the framework of “the Oenological Technical days of the Faculty of Bordeaux”, Jean Pierre COUSINIE, specialist recognized in the nutrition of the vine,

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Chile news January 2009:
Today in Chile the wine season is characterized by an estimate of harvest higher than the normal
The departure in vegetation 2009 knew a rapid growth, slowed down then by the incidence of low temperatures;
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Attempts and researches in biologic Agriculture
The Jean Pierre COUSINIE company, the French Institute of Vine and Wine(IFV), and the Farmers' association of the Haute-Garonne (France),
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France : Vintage 2009

Aquitaine:

From May, at the beginning of vegetation, strong hailstorms fell down on the Aquitaine region, especially on the soils ranging between Saint-Emilion and Castillon la Bataille.
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Spain : Vintage 2009
In the area of Toro (Spain), the year 2009 is particularized by a more or less important hydrous stress.
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Mycosis Print
English NameLatin NameDescriptionW/O
MC
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MC
EscaBlack-dead-armStereum hirsutum, Phellinus ignarus et Botryosphaeria obtusa, Botryosphaeria dothidea parva et stevensiiThese fungi are the result of ruptured sap circulation in the trunk.
Feuille de vigne rouge
Feuille de vigne jaune
ExcoriosisPhomopsis viticolaThis causes vine shoots to swell and crack. It leads to burst prunings that break away from the stock. It can also attack grape bunches and trigger their drying.
Feuille de vigne orangeFeuille de vigne jaune
EutypiosisEutypa lataAt the onset of growth, stunting of the plant can be seen. The growth of shoots emerging from an infected branch is slowed down, with the appearance of very short, albeit consistent, internodes.Smaller than usual, leaves are of a pale green color and often deformed, with marginal necroses that may extend over the entire limb. Inflorescences, if they do not dry up prior to flowering, exhibit an upright habit, and afterward generally undergo extensive drop.Feuille de vigne orange
Feuille de vigne jaune
Root rotArmillaria mellea et Rosellinia necatrix
Root rot occurs on wood, including roots. The uppermost roots grow at the expense of the more deeper ones. Affected stock rapidly weakens and withers away in two or three years.
Feuille de vigne orange
Feuille de vigne jaune
Powdery mildewUncinula necator
Occurs on every green organ. Contaminated grape bunches and grapes become covered with a fine, grayish powder that causes black necroses. Growth of affected parts is halted, while the healthy part of the grape continues to grow; consequently the berries burst, allowing the pips to show.These lesions are highly conducive to penetration of gray-mold rot, and compromise harvesting.Grape bunches affected by powdery mildew can impart a false taste to the wine.
Feuille de vigne rouge
Feuille de vigne orange
Gray-mold rot
Botrytis cinerea
After veraison and as harvest time approaches, contaminated grapes become brown or lilac in color, bursting open and the lesion becomes covered with mold.
Feuille de vigne rouge
Feuille de vigne jaune
Mildew
Plasmopara  viticolaOccurs on every green organ: branches, leaves, bunches and tendrils. The disease leads to leaf drop and consequently delayed ripeness, lower alcohol content, poor lignification of wood, increased sensitivity to frost, delayed budding, and an unfavorable effect on output and quality.
Feuille de vigne rouge
Feuille de vigne orange
Black-rotGuignardia bidwellii
Black rot attacks every herbaceous organ of the vine. Berry sensitivity is very important from the “setting” stage to the “bunch closing” stage. Sensitivity gradually decreases while progressing toward the “veraison” stage, owing to an increase in sugar richness inside the berry.
Feuille de vigne orangeFeuille de vigne jaune
Rot-brenner or grapevine red fire diseasePseudopeziza tracheiphila
The leaves of affected vines turn red or yellow, then dry up, which leads to a weakening of stock and leaf drop.
Feuille de vigne orange
Feuille de vigne jaune
White rotConiella diplodiellaWhite rot develops when grapes are injured, therefore often appearing following hail, and requiring a suitable treatment immediately after a storm.
Feuille de vigne orangeFeuille de vigne jaune
AnthracnosisSphaceloma ampelinumBrown, then black spots on leaves, black spots on branches, pink-gray spots in the center of grapes, and purplish-black around the edges.
Feuille de vigne orangeFeuille de vigne jaune
 

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Testimonials

Château Landure (Mailhac)
Carried out on the property since 1987, the Méthode Cousinié has made it possible to show the consistency of harvests from both a quantitative and qualitative standpoint, by means of adopting varieties to the terroir.
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Château St Jacques d’Albas (Minervois)

After I acquired the Château St Jacques d’Albas in Minervois in 2001, I decided to call in Jean-Pierre Cousinié.

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Château Tayac (Margaux)

In 1995, through the intermediary of a winegrower friend, we became acquainted with Mr. Jean-Pierre Cousinié and his method.
At our first meeting, we were won over by the conduct of this method, based on observation and highly-focused analyses, from the soil to the grape bunch.

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