The Grand Conseil du Vin de Bordeaux
September 17, 2021Day 1 : "Welcome for Commandeurs" Programme, from 15th to 17th September 2021
The Grand Conseil du Vin de Bordeaux
The members of the Grand Conseil's Board of Directors (the Grand Maître Hubert de Boüard, Caroline Delaroche, Anne-Marie Capdemourlin, Nathalie Escurédo, Jean-Marc Dulong, Henrique da Costa, Francis Boutemy and Hubert Burnereau), were delighted to receive a group of 24 people, Maîtres, Commandeurs and Accompanying Guests, for a 3-day Programme organised in Bordeaux and the winegrowing region.
Our 24 participants for this Programme were the following:
Day 1
Wednesday 15th September 2021
Bassins de Lumière – at the submarine base in Bordeaux
6 pm: Visit to the digital exhibition “Monet, Renoir, and Chagall: Journeys around the Mediterranean”
The “Welcome for Commandeurs” Programme began at the end of Wednesday afternoon, by a visit to the submarine base in Bordeaux, with the Bassins de Lumière exhibition: “Monet, Renoir, and Chagall: Journeys around the Mediterranean”. It presents visitors with an itinerary that spans the period between Impressionism and modernism. This new digital exhibition highlights the link between artistic creativity and the Mediterranean shores, as the principal centres of the modernist movement.
The exhibition immerses visitors in the masterpieces of twenty artists: Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, Signac, Derain, Vlaminck, Dufy, and Chagall, amongst others. In the 1880s, the Mediterranean attracted many artists: abandoning Paris and the northern regions, they flocked to the southern shores, between Collioure and Saint-Tropez.
The Autombile Club du Sud-Ouest Restaurant
From 7.30 pm – aperitif to welcome Commandeurs, with crémant Louis Vallon, white and rosé, served in magnums
8 pm – Commanderies Welcome Dinner, served in the adjoining private reception rooms of the Automobile Club
Our Commandeurs were welcomed by the Grand Maître, Hubert de Boüard. Also in attendance at this evening reception were: Jean-Marc Dulong (Château du Tertre), Henrique Da Costa (Château Pavie), ,Françis Boutémy (Château Haut-Lagrange, previously Grand Maître), Caroline Delaroche, Anne-Marie Capdemourlin and Hubert Burnereau from the GCVB. What a pleasure it was to be able to have this in-person occasion, accompanied by Maîtres and Commandeurs from Commandeurs all around the world.
The wines of winegrowers were presented at the aperitif and served during the course of the dinner:
Louis Vallon Crémant de Bordeaux White and rosé
Du Tertre white 2020, Vin de France
Château du Tertre 2010, Grand Cru Classé, AOC Margaux
Château Haut-Lagrange 2018, AOC Pessac-Léognan white
Château Haut-Lagrange 2015, AOC Pessac-Léognan red
Château Pavie 2001, 1er Grand Cru Classé de Saint-Emilion
