With a total annual production of 6 million bottles, the export share of the Calvados has  grown steadily over the last thirty years to reach half of the sales. It is now marketed in a hundred countries across the five continents. The producers’ profile of is quite varied...

Founded in Bourges in 1912 by the current CEO's grandfather, the house Monin has just celebrated its centenary. The know-how, innovations and quality of its natural syrups stemming from the best fruits have made of this brand since 1930 an inevitable reference for the barmen and mixologists worldwide!

G'Vine is a trademark of Eurowinegate (EWG), founded a decade ago in Cognac by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet. Fruitful alliance between tradition, know-how and innovation, EWG has become a respected player in the luxury spirits industry whose innovative products portfolio...

The House Clément has just designed a new décor for the carafe of its Cuvée Hors d’Âge XO, unique alliance of the magnificent vintages 1952, 1970, 1976, and of several rums aged more than 6 years, a complex combination that is particularly round and lingering in the mouth...

Maybe magician or alchemist, an artist through and through and former sommelier, Angela d’Orazio works with talent since 2004 as Master Distiller and Master Blender in the Swedish private distillery Mackmyra.

In the 80s wine growers from Cognac, attached to their profession and their vines, unite to overcome an unfavourable economic climate. Considering that the time has come for a new expansion of their activity, they turn towards the Aperitif market and create the trade association Lise Baccara in 1988, fruit of the union of passion and reason...

25 years ago, in 1987, the first Breton whisky flowed out the vats of the Distillery Warenghem. For this anniversary, the latter launches the first Armorik 10 years and adorns its WB - Breton Whisky with a collector bottle that celebrates Brittany and its symbols.

Imagined by Joseph Louville during the Colonial Exhibition in 1931, La Rhumerie Martiniquaise set its scene in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1932. Since then, at 166 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris displays all the Caribbean flavours...

From the 25th to the 28th November, 2012, around thirty bartenders from all over the world participated in the 30th anniversary of the prestigious competition organized by Marie Brizard - Belvédère Group. This IBS (International Bartender Seminar) edition was a fantastic celebration of mixology.

Prince Hubert de Polignac, a house of Cognac since 1947, has plunged the age-old tradition of prestigious cellars into a contemporary world, where luxury has never before seemed so creative. The recipient of the harvest of over 250 wine estates and the heir to a preciously kept past in more than 25,000 casks...

The distillery Glen Grant, Scottish nugget with golden glints, is one of the inevitable stops on the treasure map proposed by the company Baron Philippe de Rothschild France Distribution (RFD). This beautiful whisky brand of the group Campari was presented to the bar and sommellerie professionals during the fair Whisky Live & Fine Spirits 2012, from last September 8th to 10th at the Palais de la Mutualité in Paris...

The National Committee of Pineau des Charentes, headed by Patrick Raguenaud, has organized on last November 8th in Paris an evening centred on three workshops: Tasting, Gastronomy and Sensation. This interactive event, destined to make the press discover the AOC Pineau des Charentes in all its colours and culinary and mixology combinations...

2012 Sake New Year is the very first action of the Association of Sake Lovers. Open for the gene­ral public on last Septem­ber 29th and 30th and for professionals on last October 1st, this exceptional meeting took place at 95 rue du Cherche Midi in the 6th district of Paris, in famous French actor Gérard Depardieu's town house.

"In the Corbières, we base everything on wine!” Xavier de Volontat, President of the General Union of the AOC Corbières, said on last June 5th when presenting the wines Premium/Icon awarded in the last Contest of Corbières Wines.

"Yes, we can!" could be the motto of Jean-Pierre Bedel, the owner of the domain Terres des Amoureuses, and Jean-Michel Novelle, internationally famous Swiss oenologist.

The duo born in 2005 invited the press, some restaurateurs and sommeliers on last June 12th and 13th in the heart of the Ardèche or an original prestige tasting.

Organized within the Festival Sud de France, a tasting of Languedoc Stars & Discoveries AOC wines took place on last June 18th in the Brasserie Printemps, under the majestic dome of the 6th floor of the Printemps Mode, situated 58-60 Boulevard Haussmann.

The elite of the French-speaking student sommeliers was in confrontation in the heart of the Pessac-Léognan appellation during a competition organized by the Association of the Sommeliers of Bordeaux-Aquitaine, in partnership with the Syndicate of Pessac-Léognan wines, on May 21st and 22nd, 2012.

After the success of the first edition on December 13th, 2011 dedicated to Bordeaux wines, the second event organized as part of the partnership between the Vocational Hotel and Catering School of Biarritz-Atlantique and the magazine SommelierS International took place on last May 24th under the sign of effervescence and cheerfulness.

Elected unanimously by the 27 attending members on Monday, 21 May 2012, Fabrice Rieu, aged 38, succeeds Bernard de Roquette-Buisson at the head of the Vinisud Board of Directors for a 2-year term. 

More than ever, the Alsace Wine Trade Council (CIVA) draws its energy from nature’s bounty to let others share in the epicurean pleasures of Alsace wines.   The Alsace Wine Trade Council, whose President is Rémy Gresser launched two large-scale events in the capital.

The principle is simple: in order to supplement the training of the pupils concerning wine, a producer, representing all his wine region, comes to present his vineyard, its history, and its production, during a conference/debate/tasting to which a hundred students of the various sections (cuisine, service, sommellerie and tourism) assist.

"Great Art for aperitif” is the banner under which the Pineau des Charentes henceforth campaigns. After the ‘Gourmet Escapades’ whose culinary recipes were proposed on www.pineau.fr, the bartending world appropriates the famous drink for mixology.

The weather on December 13th in Paris was magnificent. Blue sky, sunshine… a foretaste of the Mediterranean,  consolidated by the arrival in Paris of all the Vinisud team come to announce the broad outline of the 2012 edition. Forty journalists were thus in the best possible conditions at the Macéo restaurant anticipating over the festivities to come.

Passionate about the wine universe, Odile Petit, Alexandre Fourn and Christophe Bergeron joined together
in 2011, founding AOC International. They specialized in the importation, the export and the distribution of wines, spirits and gastronomic products, in particular from Eastern Europe and Balkans.

Many sommeliers where present at the invitation of the Austrian embassy and the promotion agency of Austrian wine (OeWM), on the 30th of January at the House of Aubrac in Paris.
For the first time, a tasting of 43 high-class wines for the professionals was organized. They were all there:
the Meurice, Pierre Gagnaire, the Bristol, the George V, Lasserre, Taillevent, the Mandarin Oriental, the Royal Monceau, Raffles, Benoît, La Truffière, the Pré Catelan, the Plazza Athénée, the Crillon...

Last February 15th, in the original setting of the Studio Cyclone in Paris, Roque Pertusa, President of the Interprofessional Council of the Wines of Provence (CIVP) presented the Rosés de Provence 2011 Millésime to the press. Insights by the oenologist Nathalie Pouzalgues summarized a harvest made up of 1,310,000 hectolitres including 87% rosé.

True wine planet, France counts, amongst the ranks of its members of Parliament, major wine defenders. Elie Aboud, deputy of Hérault, in the 6th district of Béziers, is one of them. He has initiated a symposium held on October 20th, entitled “The oenologist, actor and force of proposal for a future coherent chain of wine”.

Opposition to the liberalisation of planting rights scheduled for the 1st of January 2012 continues to grow, notably within the political sphere. Nine Agriculture Ministers (France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, Rumania, and Finland) and more than 350 MEPs, MPs and representatives of the wine sector joined forces to ask the European Commission to come back on the 2008 decision.

The Academy of Food and Wine Service has joined forces with the London International Wine Fair in a move which will see the exhibition play host to the finals of the annual UK Sommelier of the Year competition, for the first time, on Wednesday, 23rd May. Now in its 33rd year, the UK Sommelier of the Year is the benchmark competition for the industry with past winners including luminaries Matthew Wilkin, Gearoid Devaney and Xavier Rousset amongst others, not to mention Gerard Basset, now World's Best Sommelier.

On March 8th is the International Woman's Day. Bernard Farges, President of the Syndicat Viticole des Bordeaux et Bordeaux Supérieur, has wisely chosen this day to invite an exclusively feminine jury to elect the "Oscars of Bordeaux of the summer 2012"!

On Thursday, March 1st, at the Maison d'Aquitaine , 21 rue des Pyramides in Paris, Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux, and Alain Rousset, chairman of the Regional Council of Aquitaine, presented in preview to the press the highlights and novelties of the 2012 Bordeaux Wine Festival.

This year the Domaine des Hospices de Beaune was offering 765 barrels featuring 32 cuvées of red wine and 13 of white. The total bids amounted to 5,402,333 euros (including premium). The proceeds will be devoted to the improvement of care facilities, modernization of infrastructure and conservation of historic buildings including the Hotel Dieu and its treasures.

A stylized winged lion with the head of an eagle, the Griffon allows recognizing between all the flasks of Cognac Deau. The animal totem settled the time of an evening, on last January 30th, in the refined setting of the brand new ‘Bar 8’ of the prestigious Hotel Mandarin Oriental in Paris, to present its new XO collection.

Born in 1937, the AOC Crozes-Hermitage* unveiled to the press, on last December 15th, some samples of its Vintages 2009 on the occasion of a Parisian lunch placed under the sign of savour.

In the presence of some producers, in the cosy new restaurant ‘Racine 2’, situated 39 rue de l'Arbre Sec, about twenty beautiful bottles revealed a pallet of red wines with a superb typicality, under the slogan ...
 

The kick-off of the 2011 season for the distillation of the Marc of Alsace Gewurztraminer was given on December 5th at the Distillery Mersiol, in Dambach-La Ville. This event initiated by the CIVA, the Interprofessional Committee of the Wines of Alsace, brought together vintners, distillers and journalists around a still for the appearance of the first drops of this much typified eau-de vie.

t was just enough to follow the direction showed by the compass that appears on the new visual identity of Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte to find, on last April 3rd, at George, on the 6th floor of the Pompidou Centre, Sylvain Delaunois and Dominique Pierre, respectively Chairman and General Manager of the Vinicultural Centre Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte.

The cooperation between Bordeaux and Hong-Kong will extend to the artistic creation through an original and new exhibition: “The Bordelaises”. Known and recognized all over the world, the said Bordelaise bottle is the symbol of the wine of Bordeaux. It is quite naturally that it was chosen as star of this exhibition XXL.

Just one year ago, the French Federation of Spirits had organized in the magic setting of the Navy Museum, in Paris, the presentation of an exceptional range of Rums from the DOM*. The most prestigious brands, the rarest flasks, as Depaz, Gallant, Havana Club, Saint James, Clément, Bacardi, La Mauny, were to discover during this tasting.

Strasbourg Evenements organizes “Les Grands Concours du monde” which contribute to foster the promotion of grape varieties throughout the world. Year by year, this official competition is increasingly appreciated by the professionals because it is a real guarantee of excellence for wine producers and can be considered indubitably as a quality label by the consumers.

Created by journalist Eric Gaudet, the Spirit’ Show was created 10 years ago. For its 11th edition, he had taken up residence, on last November 7th and 8th, in the lounges of the Palace Lutetia, 45 Boulevard Raspail in Paris, to welcome more than 500 visitors.

Wat was eaten and drunk during the flight on the Concorde, in the Salons of the cruise liners Normandie or France, or in the dining car of the Orient Express? To find out, Mumm found four collector menus and made them the topic of its Menus de Légende, 2012 edition. For four years now, every spring the Champagne House thus revives these exceptional banquets.

Last September 20th, the Alliance, chaired by Frédéric de Luze, has unveiled the official selection of Médoc Crus Bourgeois established for the 2009 vintage. This positive mention, after much turmoil, is not subjected to a ten-yearly classification anymore...

For several years, the Vineyards Lurton have an educational and training approach with French and foreign privileged professional targets (cellarmen, sommeliers, restaurant owners). In this spirit, during the last harvest...

On last October 6th, Ruinart, the oldest Champagne House, presented its two new cuvées Dom Ruinart made by Frédéric Panaïotis. “We used wines with character, expressive, tasty, with aroma, to make these cuvées...

nitiated by Béatrice Cointreau, the Gosset Celebris Trophy awards the best duos chef-sommelier and crowns the sacred alliance of Champagne and gastronomy. Alain Ducasse was its first winner in 1995...

n last September 13th, The National Federation of Crémant Producers and Makers moved into te delicatessen and cellar of the Galerie Vivienne for a day of tasting of Crémant being the most representative of the seven producing regions...

We previewed it in our previous issue: “Portraits Intimes”, or as written in watermark on the cover, “portraits
des hommes du Bordeaux” [Bordeaux wine men’s portraits]. At the launch, they came; they were (nearly) all there, on last September 15th...

On last March 23rd, the House Boisset organized in its cellar in Nuits-Saint-Georges a tasting under the sign of richness and diversity, headed by the “wine-tailors”of all the domains of the group.

Decidedly, the traditional association Foie gras and Sauternes is no longer honoured by the trendy consumption pattern! As they join the move Sweet Bordeaux that gathers the sweet wines from Gironde in the CIVB*, the appellations Sauternes and Barsac have decided to shake up the codes for the consumers' greatest pleasure.

Escape was there on last March 12th at the restaurant Lili Wang created by Patricia Finot and Jean-Louis Costes at 40 Avenue Duquesne in Paris. The Interprofessional Council of the Wines from the Bergerac Region (CIVRB) gathered the press in this new elegant and trendy place for an Asia-flavoured tasting-lunch.

On last February 13th, Giorgio Cavanna, owner of the Domaine du Grand Enclos du Château de Cérons, had an appointment with Philippe Faure-Brac for a private interview in the Rotonde lounge of the Bordeaux Grand Hotel & Spa.

On March 20th, first day of spring, Mumm and Fossier got married in Reims and unveiled in preview to the press a gourmet box: Champagne Rosé and pink biscuits with exquisite flavours.

On March 30th and 31st, 2012, the 36th edition of the International Wine Challenge, certified ISO9001, of Bourg and Blaye submitted to 772 professionals’ and connoisseurs’ palate 4,638 wines stemming from 32 countries.

Tuesday, April 3rd, during the primeurs tastings,the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bordeaux presented the World Sommelier Academy of Bordeaux, whose logo is internationally recognized as WorldSom. Its official launch will take place in Hong Kong, at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific 2012 from May 29th to 31st.

What a beautiful performance than this ‘extreme’ competition animated by André Deyrieux from Wine Tourism, where wines and elements confront before the sommeliers' well-trained nose…

In 1962, three winegrower unions federate and found the brand Jacquart, born from the vineyard. Fifty years later, a wind of renewal blows over the brand that becomes a House.

Owner of viticultural domains on the most beautiful terroirs of the Languedoc, Gérard Bertrand inherited passion for wine and love for the earth. This former rugby player perpetuates the tradition initiated by his father Georges on a 460-hectare vineyard with a pioneer spirit.

Calvados is Normandy's second sun” Didier Bédu, President of the Interprofession of Cider Appellations (IDAC), stated with enthusiasm on last April 2nd in the Castle of Caen during the announcement of the results of the 16th International Trophies of Calvados.

He writes, with the help of his students, an annual guide bearing his name and is organizing an evening event on Friday April 13, 2012. On the program: the discovery of eight prestige cuvees. eight prestige cuvees. This summit meeting between students and professionals (cellar masters, wine merchants, oenologists, restaurateurs, sommeliers) will mix prestigious Maisons such as Lanson, Billecart-Salmon, Philipponnat or Ruinart with the largest of the Champagne Co-operatives Nicolas Feuillatte and with three vine growers: Henri Giraud, Doyard and Moutard.

Among the significant gatherings of this autumn, on last September 20th the Hotel de Cambacérès, located 6 Avenue d’Iéna in Paris, opened its doors to present the brands of the group founded by Jean-Louis Descours.

As a dessert, would you prefer a “Raspberry lychee and citrus scented Freshness with Champagne aspic”, a “Crispy Strawberry and Sugared Almond Lady” or a “Poached Peach with Lady Rose, light mousse and Raspberry sorbet”?

Since 1838, the House Dartigalongue ages in its cellars brandies of the noblest origin: Bas-Armagnac. For the festive season, it selected four vintages, out of its collection of old Armagnac, those that express all their qualities when tasted at alcohol levels over 40%.

ontinuing their tastings in uncommon places, the independant Champagne wine growers chose, for their 2011 event, not less than the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris. On September 6th, it is thus under the golden ceilings of the Grand Salon that some twenty of them gathered in order to present their latest cuvees to professionals...

Despite the firm position taken by 12 member countries and the European Parliament against the liberalization of the planting rights, the European commission still turns a deaf ear and confirms its decision in the reform of the CAP published on October 12th.

There are some events that wine professionals would miss for nothing in the world. On September 8th in Paris, in its head offices of Avenue de la Grande Armée, the group LVMH presented its Champagne cases for the 2011 year-end celebrations, all its brands taken together.

Paul Claudel used to say about it: “Lérins is a crumb of prayer in the middle of the eternity that surrounds it on each side.” This island is a land of a few hectares in the Mediterranean Sea, only just 1,200 km long on 400 m wide...

From March 27th to 29th over 3,600 exhibitors from some 50 countries were exhibiting at ProWein in Düsseldorf, i.e. a rise of about 200 suppliers compared with the previous event. All internationally relevant wine-producing nations in Europe and overseas were represented, including 'exotic' countries like Brazil and India.

The inhabitants of Rennes answered the AOC Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur's call to take part in the election of the Oscars of Bordeaux on last April 14th. A selection of 44 references of Red Bordeaux vintage 2009..

On April 8th, 2011, to support the application of Burgundy’s Climats as a UNESCO world heritage site, 53 personalities signed the Commitment Charter which will ensure that the land will be managed with respect for its ‘exceptional universal value’.

Called “Radiant Meetings of the Bergerac wines”, the tasting organized in Paris by the Interprofessional Council of the Region of Bergerac took place on last April 28th at the Hotel Edouard 7, Opera avenue.

At the foot of the Montmartre hillock that proudly dominates Paris of 130 meters, just round the corner from the historical Clos Montmartre with its 1,500 sqm planted with white juice Gamay Noir, maintained by the UIVB*, and which harvest is fully covered by the media and sold each year by auction in aid of 18th district charities...

Quoted in 1840, under the name of Château de Canolle, then La Rivette, Brion-Larrivet and Haut-Brion Larrivet, we could read in the bible of the Bordeaux wines CH. Cocks by Feret Editions of 1898 laudatory reviews on the 50 hectares of vineyards belonging to the 127-hectare domain. The château will find its final name Larrivet Haut-Brion in 1949.

During the Primeur week, the Médocaines are present at the tasting of the Alliance des Crus Bourgeois. But we must also underline the deep work and open-mindedness they brought into the Médoc region.

New Primeurs week, new vintage… A wind of restlessness blew on Bordeaux: was 2010 going to dethrone 2009? From Monday April 4th, taste buds were on alert, computer keys began to clack, pens blackened the white sheets to describe, analyse the 2010 vintage.

The association Mosaïque Bourgogne International, born in 2010 at the initiative of winemakers and wine lovers, aims at promoting the magnificence of Burgundy,  of its land, its history and heritage, unique and universal, through cultural, professional and educational exchanges with other regions in the world.

During its General Assembly of February 16th 2011, the ODG Gevrey-Chambertin decided not to
submit their wines to “the Primeurs tastings” organized by various specialized magazines.

Fauchon, ambassador of the French culinary culture in the world, chose to set up a space dedicated to delicatessen and gustative emotions in Bordeaux facing the Grand Théâtre. Prestige and luxury on Bordeaux’s most beautiful square. Genesis…

The discovery, caused quite a stir: on July 16th 2010, in the Baltic Sea, off the Aland Islands, divers found a wreck that could contain “world’s oldest Champagne”. Namely 168 bottles of Juglar, a house of Châlons-en-Champagne that was very famous in the 19th century, and of Clicquot (that was not Veuve* yet). 

The Loire Valley Wine Trade Fair remains the unrivalled showcase for all wines from the Loire Valley, France’s 3rd largest wine-producing region. From last 30th January to 1st February, in Angers, this annual event–for professionnal only–hosted over 9,000 French and international visitors, who connected with 594 Loire wine-trade exhibitors.

The Hospices de Beaune wine auction is one of the most popular charity events in the world and all the professionals look forward to this sale on every 3rd Sunday of November. This year the Domaine des Hospices de Beaune was offering 643 barrels...

On Monday January 24th, 2011 in New York, the American magazine Wine Enthusiast gave Alain Juppé*, Mayor of Bordeaux, the Trophy of the Innovator of the Year. Wine Enthusiast thus reckons the work fulfilled within the framework of the first urban project of Bordeaux and its classification on the UNESCO world heritage list.

On November 23rd, 2010, Bernard MAGREZ, owner of 36 estates over the world, invited the press for lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel Georges V. An event organized to appoint the 18th Pope of the Château Pape Clément.

This family-run estate in St Gervais (Gironde), close to the Dordogne river in the Bordeaux Supérieur appellation, has become renowned for its meticulous approach to environmentally...

The round table about organic wines animated by Frédérique HERMINE (Revue Viticole Internationale) took place at the Hotel Scribe in Paris on last November 24th. This forum of high quality contributors enabled an objective overview of the quick increase of ORGANIC, the current situation and the evolution outlook.

On last december 7th, Philippe FAURE-BRAC, 1992 Best Sommelier of the World, welcomed two ambassadors who have come to present the fair PROWEIN: Danila AVDIU, Manager, and Patricia MULLER, General Manager for France and Monaco, during a Press lunch preceeded by a tasting of organic wines from his estate.

On October 29th 2010, Marco CHIESA, wine consultant in Milano, becomes the 6th European Champagne Ambassador. Captivated by the wine world, he devotes himself for 15 years more specially to Champagne on which he organizes conferences, events and training sessions.

This celebration of the winners gathered the finalists, the partners of the event—wine and gastronomy professionals—journalists, media personnalities... Each region has been rewarded with a Trophy.

On last January 25th, Alliance Loire gathered the press, during a lunch at William Ledeuil's restaurant Ze Kitchen Galerie, to present its new range of Loire wines dedicated to hedonists and connoisseurs who have thirst for discoveries.

The 18th edition of Millésime Bio, held in Montpellier on 24-26 January 2011,  consolidated the success of this international event for the organic-wine community.

The Wine MBA delivered by Bordeaux Management School (BEM) just welcomed its 2011/12 cohort of 20 students. Following a 15-day session in Bordeaux, this 22-month program will conduct these inter­national students to Hong Kong and Adelaide in April, and then London in September. In 2012...

The inhabitants of Lille  massively accepted the AOC Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur's invitation to take part in the election of the Oscars of Bordeaux on last October 21st, 2010.  A selection of 30 references of Red Bordeaux vintage 2008, coming from various horizons (properties, wine merchants) and having a remarquable value for money, have been submitted to the jury's arbitration.

The House Louis Roederer is delighted to announce the appointment of Sylvie Cazes at the head of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Grand Cru classé of Pauillac.

For the first time since the creation of this brotherhood in 1656, the Chapitral Council which groups together the most beautiful Houses of Reims and Epernay has chosen a person from the Aube. Champagne inhabitant first, but also proud to be born in Troyes, Michel Drappier will take up his post in March 2011, and this for 2 years.

On Thursday, October 7th, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the House Krug boldly retraced and resourcefully celebrated the symbolic moments of its history. On arrival, the Drawing Room -an authentic drawing room- was transformed by original illustrations evoking the philosophy of the House.

It is at the 39 V – brand new Parisian restaurant at 39, Avenue Georges V - that Champagne G.H. Mumm and Patrick Jouin, designer, presented their last masterpiece on September 20th. At the top of the building, this circular restaurant is built around a skylight.

Corks have always accompanied the ageing of great Champagnes and are involved in the development of their aromas. But what a disappointment for the gastronome, as well as for the winemaker when his wine made with such work and passion is spoiled by a cork taste*!

The vote of the jury, composed of six hundred decision-makers and opinion leaders, gave the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Prize to Sophie Grégoire of the glove factory Agnelle, on last October 6th, at the Hotel Le Meurice in Paris.

8000 volumes collected over 25 years of research and of reading bookshop and public sale catalogues. ALDE auction house is to sell the most important private collection of wine-related books and documents on next 11th and 12th April.

From André LURTON, who by his lineage hereditarily bears the “Lurton” motto: “Enterprise is what life’s all about!” … build, innovate, take risks, persevere until success is achieved, guided by an unrestrained fondness for vines and wine, determined to enrich the assets nobly acquired by his ancestors …

Burgeon on the trellised vine, the “tree of knowledge” and later continue to grow in the shade of Great Men of the future …. From the outset Pierre LURTON’s destiny promised to be fascinating, one could even say that he was born under a lucky star.