DER GRAND CONSEIL DU VIN DE BORDEAUX

1st July 2024

Dear Grands Maîtres,
Dear Maîtres Émérites,
Dear Maîtres,
Dear Commandeurs,
Dear Friends,

We hear a great deal about the environment, ecology, climate change, etc…. Depending on where we are located on planet “earth,” each one of us can observe these unusual, extreme climate events.

This is certainly true for the past six months in Bordeaux.  Winter should finally let go in the next few days and let us move towards the summer, without spring having made an appearance.  Rain, hail, one day hot, one day cold, all these weather elements cause great difficulties for nature, for our vineyards and they challenge people’s strength to withstand!

In certain regions of Europe, we have seen men and women, whatever their religion, praying for rain to fall.  Bordeaux has certainly been heard! In the meantime, violent hailstorms have struck our vineyards.   Grand Maître Emérite, Michel-Pierre Massonie, speaking of his family wine estate in Lalande de Pomerol, says he has never seen anything like this since he arrived at this property more than 70 years ago!   One more catastrophe, in an already highly complex environment for us all.  Our thoughts go out to all winegrowers.
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