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2021 02 04 左永安顧問 Bordeaux Approves Six New Grape Varieties to Battle Climate Change The new additions can still only be used in limited quantities in Bordeaux blends.

 Bordeaux Approves Six New Grape Varieties to Battle Climate Change

    The new additions can still only be used in limited quantities in Bordeaux blends.

Mike Pomranz

January 27, 2021

As climate change continues to affect the French winemaking industry, the Bordeaux wines we've come to know and love may be different, but at least the region is actively preparing for its survival. In 2019, perhaps the world's best-known wine region proposed adding seven new grape varieties to the six red and eight white varieties already permitted to be used in bottles of Bordeaux. All of the new suggestions were specifically chosen for their potential to flourish even in the less hospitable conditions caused by global warming.

Despite upending generations of tradition, yesterday, France's Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualite (INAO) officially approved six of those new varieties, with plantings allowed as soon as this coming season. The decision is billed by the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) as "the culmination of over a decade of research by wine scientists and growers of Bordeaux to address the impact of climate change through highly innovative, eco-friendly measures."


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The newly approved varieties are four reds—Arinarnoa, Castets, Marselan, and Touriga Nacional—and two whites—Alvarinho and Liliorila—all of which are described as "well-adapted to alleviate hydric stress associated with temperature increases and shorter growing cycles."

Arinarnoa is cross between Tannat and Cabernet Sauvignon created in France in 1956. Castets is a native French variety described as a "long-forgotten Bordeaux grape." Marselan is a cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache developed in France in 1961. And Touriga Nacional is a late-ripening grape of Portuguese origin. Speaking of which, Alvarinho is the Portuguese name for Albarino, potentially making this new white the best-known variety of the bunch. And finally, Liliorila is a cross between Baroque and Chardonnay, reportedly created in France also in 1956.

Interestingly, Petit Manseng—a late-ripening white grape popular in South West France and often used in dessert wines—was part of the 2019 list, but did not make the final cut. A CIVB spokesperson told me that INAO decided that the grape was too "emblematic" of its Pyrenees-Atlantique origins and chose not to allow its production in Bordeaux in an effort to protect the specificity of the country's wine regions (similar to how INAO wouldn't allow Bordeaux to use Burgundy's signature Pinot Noir or Chardonnay grapes).

Regardless, Petit Manseng was not alone: CIVB says that over 52 varieties were considered over the past decade of research, meaning Petit Manseng was simply the last grape to be sent packing.

These six new grapes join Bordeaux's previously approved varieties (which any wine buff has memorized, right?): the reds being Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Carmenere, Petit Verdot, and the whites being Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle, Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Merlot Blanc, and Mauzac.

That said, the new grapes are still officially listed in the national guidelines as "new varieties of interest for adapting to climate change"—a tertiary group behind the "major" and "additional" grape varieties. (Their status will be revisited again in 10 years, according to a CIVB spokesperson.) As such, use of the new grapes is limited: Vines can only account for up to 5 percent of the planted vineyard area and cannot account for more than 10 percent of a wine blend. Interestingly, as CIVB points out, this latter rule means that, due to France's existing labeling regulations, these new varieties will not appear on Bordeaux labels. So their work to battle climate change will go relatively uncredited for now.

In announcing the change, CIVB added that climate change has already caused a shift in which grapes vineyards are favoring, specifically citing the example that the late-ripening Petit Verdot has seen its plantings jump 191 percent as of 2018.

Meanwhile, CIVB says that the new grapes are just one of many ways the region is shifting to adapt to modern weather patterns. Other enological and agricultural changes "include adapting best practices to the needs of each vintage, such as delayed pruning; increasing vine trunk height to reduce leaf area; limiting leaf-thinning to protect grapes from sun; adapting plot sites to minimize hydric stress; night harvesting; and reducing plant density," the council wrote. They then concluded, "Bordeaux winegrowers are planning well ahead in the quest to continue offering consumers aromatic, balanced wines of quality."

2021 02 04 左永安顧問 數位轉型 IoT與O2O解決方案的IPC平台 瑞傳2020年營收接近60億元,振樺財務長徐瑞妤表示 華碩砸15億購買振樺旗下瑞傳30%股權、一年後增至45%!加強百億物聯網計畫 華碩表示,與瑞傳將深度結盟,加速實現AIOT產業進化與應用升級,華碩將提名AIOT事業群共同總經理許祐嘉及張權德加入瑞傳董事會。振樺電2017年以55.13億元併購瑞傳時,透過發行48.11億元私募甲種特別股引進雲川興業,雲川興業大股東組成分別是瑞傳創辦人張稜衡、新加坡蘭亭投資、中國衛浴大王唐台英以及云拓資本等。

 


2021 02 04 左永安顧問 數位轉型 IoT與O2O解決方案的IPC平台 瑞傳2020年營收接近60億元,振樺財務長徐瑞妤表示 華碩砸15億購買振樺旗下瑞傳30%股權、一年後增至45%!加強百億物聯網計畫 華碩表示,與瑞傳將深度結盟,加速實現AIOT產業進化與應用升級,華碩將提名AIOT事業群共同總經理許祐嘉及張權德加入瑞傳董事會。振樺電2017年以55.13億元併購瑞傳時,透過發行48.11億元私募甲種特別股引進雲川興業,雲川興業大股東組成分別是瑞傳創辦人張稜衡、新加坡蘭亭投資、中國衛浴大王唐台英以及云拓資本等。

 華碩砸15億購買振樺旗下瑞傳30%股權、一年後增至45%!加強百億物聯網計畫  

王郁倫 2021 02 04 


華碩宣佈將以15億元購買工業電腦瑞傳30%股權,合作打造工業物聯研製中心,並積極評估一年後以55億元為基礎,進一步提高15%股權,加深雙方合作關係,雙方更表示將推動瑞傳重返資本市場。

瑞傳表示,此合作案由董事沈振來牽線,但雙方經過洽談後促成。

華碩表示,與瑞傳將深度結盟,加速實現AIOT產業進化與應用升級,華碩將提名AIOT事業群共同總經理許祐嘉及張權德加入瑞傳董事會。

華碩2019年底也才成立發展AIOT事業群,未來雙方將業務合作,瑞傳表示,華碩過去伺服器委外代工,後續會轉給瑞傳下單,瑞傳將朝工業電腦界的台積電發展。

振樺電2017年以55.13億元併購瑞傳時,透過發行48.11億元私募甲種特別股引進雲川興業,雲川興業大股東組成分別是瑞傳創辦人張稜衡、新加坡蘭亭投資、中國衛浴大王唐台英以及云拓資本等。

此併購案當初目的是要打造一個IoT與O2O解決方案的IPC平台,5日傳出該大股東因投資成本每股147元而套牢,有意在持有第四年「退場」,對此振樺財務長強調,此為不實消息,雲川興業沒有贖回,還會繼續支持合作。

瑞傳2020年營收接近60億元,振樺財務長徐瑞妤表示,2017年至2019年瑞傳營收都有兩位數百分比成長,毛利率也提升6個百分點,營益率在10%以上,合併效益是有的,因此出售瑞傳價位比收購時提升,該部分利益會反應在股東權益上。

華碩2019年成立物聯網事業群後,董事長施崇棠宣佈將投資百億銀彈在物聯網產業。

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