THE GRAND CONSEILdu vin de bordeaux

Grand Maître

December 2025

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

Time flies, in Bordeaux as it does in your own country! I am two-thirds of the way through my term as Grand Maître.

We hear talk of political and economic crises, physical violence, but also verbal violence, not to mention the difficulties facing the wine industry in general.

No, I have never experienced a crisis such as this. The causes are multiple.

BORDEAUX was the first to be affected. We have only ourselves to blame.

Yet, BORDEAUX is one of the only brands that is truly universal.

We have Grands Crus estates that everyone comes to visit. But we also have all the other Bordeaux wines which undoubtedly offer the "BEST VALUE" in the world today.

On behalf of BORDEAUX, I must thank you for your vibrancy, your enthusiasm, your knowledge of our wines and our region, and your desire to return to BORDEAUX.

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Its historical vocation is to promote the renown and influence of Bordeaux wines worldwide

In 1952, Henri Martin, an eminent figure of Médoc winegrowing, then President of the CIVB (Bordeaux Wine Trade Council), established the Grand Conseil du Vin de Bordeaux, which brings together the Bordeaux Wine Brotherhoods and all the Commanderies representing Bordeaux in France and on all continents.

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