The Daily Wine Paris - Vinexpo Paris - Day 1

DAY 1 

MONDAY 14 TH FEBRUARY 2022 

HALL 3 

STAND G-168 

WE MADE IT! 

A TOAST TO ALL OF YOU FOR 

MAKING WINE PARIS & VINEXPO 

PARIS 2022 HAPPEN 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 

#12 

Frederico 

Falcão 

President, 

ViniPortugal 

NEWS 

#07 

Celebrating 

10 years of 

Cru Bourgeois 

Exceptionnel

PRACTICAL GUIDE 

Hall 6 / Stand HJ-110 

Hall 6 / Stand B-152 

Hall 4 / Stand C-020 

Hall 4 / Stand FG-086 

Hall 4 / Stand A-125 

Hall 3 / Stand KL-124 



Hall 5-2 / Stand DE-024

I MORNING BRIEFING I 

Morning 

Briefing 

By Rodolphe Lameyse, 

Vinexposium, CEO 

© Philippe Labeguerie & Joanna Margan 

Good morning and 

welcome to Wine Paris 

& Vinexpo Paris 2022 

PROGRAMME 

DAY 1 

MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY 

PRESS CONFERENCE 

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 

THE 2023 ASI WORLD’S BEST SOMMELIER 

COMPETITION 

09:30 am - 10:30 am 

Location: HALL 3 - Room 1 On! Les 

Masterclasses 

SPIRITS MARKET DEVELOPMENTS: 

OPPORTUNITIES, CHANGES AND 

PRESSURES ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY 

09:30 am - 10:30 am 

Location: HALL 3 - Room 3 On! Be Spirits 

Free entrance 

What a pleasure it is to see everyone 

together for the first time in two 

years. We've got no less than 2,800 

exhibitors here today, so please take 

full advantage of the wonderful events 

that we have organised for you. 

Why not start by exploring the next 

generation of winemakers at La 

Nouvelle Vague in Hall 3. It features 

40 young producers who are keen 

to impress and looking to grow their 

network. Or check out the Be Spirits 

area where there are many drinks 

waiting to be sampled at the Infinite 

Bar. Next door in Hall 4, you will find 

wines from Mediterranean climates just 

waiting for you to explore through free 

pour tastings. Anyone interested in the 

very best of Bordeaux should definitely 

sign up for the presentation of the 

2019 vintage of over 100 Bordeaux 

Grands Crus, organised by the Union 

des Grands Crus de Bordeaux between 

10am and 5pm today in Hall 5. 

Our popular ‘Wine Talks’ will be hosted 

in Hall 6 covering a wide range of hard 

hitting topics, like everything you need 

to know about working with social 

media influencers, how to deal with 

supply chain issues and the pandemic’s 

impact on wine merchants. 

You can end the day in Paris, where The 

OFF will bring you the best of choice 

with 80 restaurants and bars for you to 

enjoy across Paris after the event. 

So to everyone who is attending Wine 

Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022 for the first 

time and those of you who have been 

with us from the start, I raise my glass 

A PRESENTATION OF THE DIGITAL USAGE 

INDICATOR IN THE WINE INDUSTRY 

10:00 am - 10:20 am 

Location: HALL 4 - On! La Wine Tech 

Perspectives stand 4AC026 

Free entrance 

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INFLUENCERS 

ON SOCIAL MEDIA: WHAT IMPACT DO 

THEY HAVE ON BRAND OR APPELLATION 

AWARENESS? TESTIMONIALS, GOOD 

PRACTICE AND ADAPTING TO LOI EVIN 

ADVERTISING REGULATIONS 

10:00 am - 11:00 am 

Location: HALL 6 - On! Les Wine Talks 

Free entrance 

TOP BEAUJOLAIS PUT TO THE TIME TEST 

10:00 am - 11:00 am 

Location: HALL 6 - On! Le Village RVF B260 

By registration 

PRESENTATION OF THE 2019 VINTAGE OF 

OVER 100 BORDEAUX GRANDS CRUS 

10 am - 5 pm 

Location: HALL 5 - On! Les Grandes 

Dégustations 

By registration 

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THE DAILY • MONDAY 14 TH FEBRUARY 2022 • 5

I NEWS I 

ADVERTORIAL 

THESE PAST 10 

YEARS ARE JUST 

A FIRST STEP. 

Celebrating 10 years 

of Cru Bourgeois 

Exceptionnel 

A symbolic year for Château Malescasse, marking 10 years since 

Philippe Austruy took over this reputable Haut Médoc domain 

© Christophe Goussard 

His nephew, managing director, Alban Cacaret, 

looks back at a decade dedicated to giving Cru 

Bourgeois Exceptionnel the praise it deserves. 

“My uncle stumbled upon 

Château Malescasse by a stroke 

of luck”, Alban recalls. “Even 

though he always dreamed 

of purchasing a vineyard in 

Bordeaux, he had given up 

on the idea, either because of 

its astronomical price tag or 

because the properties were 

too far gone for him to dip his 

toe in. His acquisition of La 

Commanderie de Peyrassol in 

Provence in 2001 is emblematic 

of his approach: identify a place 

with potential on a superb 

terroir, with an authentic setting 

that has seen better days, and 

invest to make it a place beyond 

your wildest dreams, producing 

exceptional wine. And that’s 

precisely what happened with 

the domaine médocain. 

In 2012, Philippe Austruy met 

Bordeaux-based consultant 

Stéphane Derenoncourt, who 

helped him figure out how to 

get the most out of the terroir. 

The vineyard, located on the 

gritty mound of the Médoc 

region, near the estuary, had 

not been receiving the attention 

it deserved, and there was 

still much to do. “It was the 

beginning of a new adventure 

for Château Malescasse”, Alban 

says. An ambitious restructure of 

the vineyard was launched after 

a deep analysis of the soils and 

parcelles. Between 2012 and 

2018, 50% of the vineyard’s total 

surface area was ripped out.“ 

The merlot had sometimes been 

planted on ground which was 

better suited to cabernet, and 

vice versa - to begin with, we 

had to invert them to obtain 

better quality grapes”, Alban 

says. Removing them has also 

allowed us to replant at higher 

densities, which was necessary 

for quality purposes. Taking such 

drastic action did however mean 

renouncing higher levels of 

production for a few years. “We 

knew what it meant, but didn’t 

want to delay the day when we 

would start being really satisfied 

with our wine.” 

Changes were also being made 

in parallel in the cave, where the 

tanks were replaced with smaller 

ones, which could be filled with 

gravity, unlocking more precise 

wine making, parcelle by parcelle. 

“It’s taken 10 millésimes for us to 

really find ourselves and with the 

last three - 2018, 2019 and 2020, 

I think we've finally reached the 

style and quality which we aspire 

to”, Alban declares. 

The past 10 years of relentless 

work to put Château Malescasse 

on the Médoc map paid off 

last year when it received a 

“mention Exceptionnel” in the 

Crus Bourgeois ranking. “These 

past 10 years are just a first step. 

Over the past years we have 

adopted an environmentally 

friendly approach, by planting 

cereals and vegetables between 

the vines. We also rely on mating 

disruption techniques to avoid 

having to use pesticides and 

have planted hedges and 

trees to preserve the natural 

environment and its biodiversity. 

“A responsible production for 

demanding and high quality 

wines is the challenge we have 

set ourselves for the future”, 

Alban concludes 

Hall 3 / Stand EF-128 


I NEWS I 

ADVERTORIAL 

THE IDEA IS 

TO CREATE 

A REAL 

CHATEAU DE 

LA GAUDE 

EXPERIENCE 

Château De La Gaude 

moves towards biodynamic while 

preserving the DNA of its oldest vines 

The luxury estate on the heights of Aix en Provence has brought in 

a team of young winemakers to shake up their grapes 

Pierre Decarme, the domain’s Chef de culture, has a 

big part to play in this, so we asked him to tell us more 

about the estate and what they are presenting at Wine 

Paris & Vinexpo Paris. 

What are you be presenting at 

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris? 

I arrived at Château De La Gaude 

a year ago, in November 2020 and 

have been working to restructure the 

entire vineyard. It is our first time at 

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris so we 

are presenting our entire wine range. 

We’re not very well known outside 

of the Bouches Du Rhône, so we 

are hoping to get more visibility. We 

present our full range, which includes 

two reds, two rosés and one white 

wine, in bottles and, in some cases, 

samples. It’s also an opportunity for 

us to showcase the domain and all 

the work we’re doing. 

Tell us more about your wine 

making process? 

All of the harvesting is done manually 

by hand. For our reds, we sort the 

grapes twice on a specially designed 

table with two belts. They are then 

placed in small vats which we carry to 

the cellar ourselves and are positioned 

above the tanks. This way, there is no 

mechanical intervention or pumps, it 

simply relies on gravity. We have also 

made some trials with horses in our 

plots, in order to see how we could 

push our production forward into a 

full respect of our soils and its terroir. 

We have a really interesting terroir 

here, because we have a natural 

spring running through the domain. It 

confers our vines a natural watering, 

hard to get in Provence, resulting in 

an atypical freshness in our wines. 

We also practice a delicate pruning 

approach, and only when the moon 

is descending, which improves the 

reserve. 

Rumour has it, you have some 

seriously old vines here. Tell us 

more... 

We have about 3 acres of really 

old grenache vines on the plateaux 

dating back to 1968, which had 

almost been abandoned. We’ve 

created our very own "pépinière" - 

a nursery, to preserve their genetic 

heritage. So we selected around 

50 stems and buds which are then 

grafted and replanted to preserve 

the identity of our grenache. So 

that’s going to be really exciting 

when it’s ready. 

What is the plan for 2022? 

We are going to expand our range of 

whites because we have new vines 

coming into production, including 

viognier, marsanne and roussanne. 

We are also looking to complete 

the transition to becoming certified 

biodynamic. The domain has been 

bio - organic, for the past 20 years, 

so it was a logical step for us. We 

will also be planting another 4 acres 

of vines in 2022 but we’re not sure 

what grape variety yet. The domain 

is also developing its tourism offer, 

with major art works being exhibited 

through the grounds and a third 

restaurant opening. The idea is to 

create a real Chateau De La Gaude 

experience. 

What are you looking forward 

to at Paris Wine Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris? 

Meeting people face to face and 

giving them an opportunity to try our 

wine 

Hall 4 / Stand C-020 

8 • THE DAILY • MONDAY 14 TH FEBRUARY 2022 vinexposium-connect.com

I VINEXPO TALK I 

Taste one of Bordeaux's 

best years 

Don't miss the Vintage 2019 

tasting organised by the Union 

des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 

which is taking place in Hall 5 

today at Wine Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris 2022. 

Starting at 10am today, more than 110 

Grand Crus will be available for tasting 

throughout the day, presented by the 

Bordeaux appellations’ Chateaux owners 

or operations directors. 2019 was another 

big year for the region’s wines thanks to 

a more clement climate, with a relatively 

dry winter except in January, a wet spring 

and exceptionally hot summer through to 

September. Coupled with the hard work of 

the region’s winemakers, the Vintage 2019 

is likely to follow in the footsteps of other 

classic years in terms of quality including 

2018, 2015, 2010 and 2009. Bordeaux’s 

summer heatwave benefited the cépage, 

cabernet sauvignon, which features more 

prominently among many of the Grands 

Vins, just like the cooler winter months 

has breathed a breath of fresh air into the 

merlot. 

The year was also good in terms of 

production volumes compared to 2018 

when domaines on both sides of the river 

were plagued by mildew and warmer 

temperatures. The event titled “Présentation 

du Millésime 2019 de plus de 100 Grands 

Crus de Bordeaux” is being organised by 

the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 

and a complete list of châteaux is available 

on their website. The Union has grown 

since being founded in the early 1970s by a 

handful of winemakers and now boasts 131 

estates from the most prestigious Bordeaux 

appellations 

© Philippe Labeguerie & Joanna Margan 

Today, Monday, 14 February, 

10:00 am - 5:00 pm 

"PRESENTATION OF THE 

2019 VINTAGE OF OVER 100 

BORDEAUX GRANDS CRUS" 

HALL 5 

ON! LES GRANDES DÉGUSTATIONS 


I TRADE TALK I 

PRESS CORNER 

Iris Trenkner-Panwitz 

Editor, Weinwirtschaft 

"Do not consider 

wine tourism only 

as an ancillary 

activity" 

Changes in viticulture and 

the importance of Wine Paris 

& Vinexpo Paris 2022 

For years, Iris Trenkner-Panwitz has been at the forefront of 

cutting edge wine journalism with Weinwirtschaft magazine. 

The editor sat down with us to discuss what to expect from 

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022, changes in viticulture and 

which beverage trends are worth your investment. 

What do you expect from Wine Paris & 

Vinexpo Paris 2022? 

First and foremost, I am curious to see 

how Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris will be 

received by the visitors. It takes a lot of 

optimism, self-confidence and courage 

to hold the fair on time as the only major 

wine event in Europe. I expect to have 

many interesting opportunities to talk 

to producers and buyers, to find out as 

many new products and news from the 

industry as possible for our readers. And 

I hope I can finally make new contacts 

again, after the long forced break - the 

basis for well-founded and up-to-date 

reporting in our medium. 

What are the most important trends in 

wine and spirits that you follow? 

There are many interesting topics 

and trends, some of which have been 

manifesting themselves for quite some 

time. In addition to non-alcoholic wine 

and sparkling wine, these certainly 

include increasingly alcohol-reduced 

wines and mixed wine drinks. The 

issue of sustainability is also becoming 

increasingly important, while organic 

has almost become the norm for some 

producers. But of course it continues 

to play a major role. We also follow 

with great interest the development 

of distribution structures since Corona 

times, the shift to the online-sector. 

What are the biggest challenges and 

opportunities for the industry? 

Climate change and the resulting 

weather extremes are already having an 

impact on viticulture. And according to 

the experts, this will become even more 

acute in the next few years. Adapting 

viticulture to this will probably be one of 

the greatest challenges. Piwi will play an 

increasingly important role, as will the 

rediscovery and cultivation of indigenous 

grape varieties. Nevertheless, it will not 

be possible to deal with extreme frost, 

heat or drought periods; this is an issue 

that must be tackled globally. On a small 

scale, however, the issue of sustainability 

has to be implemented, and that will be 

a major challenge for some companies. 

By now, however, most wineries have 

probably realised that this is not only 

a trend among the younger generation, 

but has become a necessity in order to 

secure the future of viticulture, its quality 

and the wine-industry. 

On the other hand, climate change offers 

opportunities for new wine-growing 

areas in more northerly or higher regions. 

Some wines then develop a completely 

new style, which can be advantageous, 

but does not have to be. A wine with a 

hitherto fresh acid structure is more likely 

to lose out due to climate change 

© AD LUMINA Ralf Ziegler 

Noemie Catier 

is a consultant 

in wine tourism, 

working with 

numerous Wine 

Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris exhibitors. 

How does wine tourism help to promote 

vineyards and products? 

Wine tourism is an accessible means of global 

promotion and developing direct sales. 

Opening up your estate, showing off your 

profession, inviting visitors to live a real 

experience, highlighting your products in a reallife 

situation and creating events are all ways 

of gaining notoriety and increasing turnover. 

However, this requires a real investment on 

the part of the winegrower, both in terms of 

resources (human and financial) and in terms 

of availability. 

Is wine tourism only a complementary activity 

of an estate? 

Wine tourism should not only be considered as 

a complementary activity, but as an integral 

part of the estate, with its own seasonality 

and organisation. It is too often considered as 

an ancillary activity, whereas it can be easily 

added into an already busy organisation. 

Setting up a wine tourism project is never 

trivial in terms of cost and time, especially if 

you want to give yourself the means to make 

it work! 

How has wine tourism evolved and how do 

you see the future of this sector? 

Wine tourism is clearly in line with the 

development trends of wine estates, as 

visitors are increasingly interested in 

activities, discoveries and shared experiences. 

The evolution of technologies supports this 

development with the great boom of virtual 

visits for example. But a simple winegrower's 

lunch also delights wine lovers! It seems to me 

that the possibilities really are numerous and 

that it is necessary to consider things according 

to one's own means and objectives, to know 

how to target an audience, to communicate 

well, and there you go! Don't hesitate to ask 

for help to manage it ! 

© Vincent Agnes 


I EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW I 

Paul Mas reinvents 

the ‘tradition of tomorrow’ 

with a drop of wax 

The renowned wine maker’s new gothic edition brings back lost 

traditions while taking an environmental step forward. We asked Jean- 

Claude Mas, Founder and Executive Manager, Les Domaines Paul Mas, 

to tell us about this year's innovations in an exclusive interview 

We have made a new wine bottle 

for our ‘gothic range’ with the help of 

students at the Beaux Arts - Fine Arts 

school. The bottle is inspired by the 

concept of rural luxury and designed 

to look like a ‘gothic flûte’ with a crystal 

finish. They are sealed with a drop 

of wax instead of using a traditional 

cork or screw top. This technique is 

nothing new, it was used during the 

so-called Californian wave around 

25-years ago. But all the machines 

have gone out of circulation and I 

couldn’t find one anywhere. So three 

or four years ago, I started working 

with a manufacturer to relaunch the 

so-called ‘wax drop’. In the gothic 

range I’ve used a variety of grapes, 

all well suited to the flûte, including a 

shiraz from the north, a grenache, a 

pinot noir, pinot gris, riesling, gewurz, 

viognier. 

What are the advantages of using 

wax over caps? 

It has many advantages over screw 

tops which are harmful for the 

environment. So for people who want 

to go the extra environmental mile, 

there is a natural product here - made 

with a drop of wax, paper and glass, 

which is much better because it can 

be recycled over and over again. For 

now, we can’t use the ‘wax drop’ in 

France because of the marianne or 

CRD. Hopefully this will change, but it’s 

going to take time. In France, change 

has always been complicated. You 

have to reinvent the tradition of 

tomorrow. Because today’s tradition 

is not fixed, it’s always dynamic. 

You export wines all over the 

world. What advice would you give 

other wine makers looking at new 

horizons? 

When it comes to wine making, there’s 

always room for innovation, but the 

key is to make wine which is enjoyable 

Jean-Claude Mas 

Founder and Executive Manager, 

Les Domaines Paul Mas 

to drink. You see, I think there are two 

types of wine - pleasure wines and 

dream wines. Pleasure wines, you 

buy a bottle without really looking at 

the label and you buy more because 

you like the taste. So for pleasure 

wines, appealing to the palette of 

new consumers is very important. 

Obviously, people’s tastes are 

different in other parts of the world, 

and you must not fall into the trap 

of trying to tailor wine to a specific 

market, but there are different terroirs 

which are better suited to some 

THERE ARE 

TWO TYPES 

OF WINE - 

PLEASURE WINES 

AND DREAM 

WINES. 

places than others. So discovering 

what terroir reveals the right style of 

wine for a certain place is key. 

How do you see Wine Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris 2022? 

I think Paris has always attracted 

more people, so naturally we needed 

to have a big wine trade show like 

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris. It’s been 

two years since people have been to 

a trade show, so I think they are going 

to be thinking ‘let’s do it’ 



WINE PARIS & 

VINEXPO PARIS IS 

ONE OF THE MOST 

IMPORTANT AND 

MOST IMPACTFUL 

WINE FAIRS IN THE 

SECTOR. 

Frederico Falcão 

President, ViniPortugal 



How Portuguese wine 

has changed and why it is more 

popular than ever 

Exclusive interview with Frederico Falcão, 

President of Wines of Portugal. 

Portugal has long been revered for exporting quality 

wine domestically and around the world. However, 

the country’s wine sector has recently seen success 

and investment unlike ever before. Frederico Falcão, 

President of ViniPortugal, discusses how the Portuguese 

wine market has changed and how it is becoming more 

and more lucrative. 

You have been promoting 

Portuguese wines for the past 25 

years. Broadly speaking, what has 

changed in this time? 

In the nineties, if we think about what 

Portuguese wines were in terms of 

quality or image recognition, and if 

we compare it to today, it’s radically 

different. At the time, the world was 

unaware of the quality of our wines 

and many markets didn’t even 

know where Portugal was on the 

map or that Portugal was a quality 

wine producer. However, there 

was a generation of Portuguese 

winemakers who travelled, who 

changed the wines to a more 

commercial style and that helped 

to change a certain mentality. We 

spent many years producing inhouse, 

improving ourselves, but 

this in-house strategy delayed 

our internationalisation as a wine 

producing country for a long time. 

It's a delight to see that, in the last 

10 to 15 years, Portugal has been 

doing an excellent job in terms of 

world wine promotion and that, in 

a few years, we've conquered the 

world. It’s not in vain that we’re the 

ninth country on the international 

wine trade list. 

Today the reality is thus very 

different from what it was 25 years 

ago. Foreigners enter our country 

daily with the goal of tasting 

our wines. We have tourists in 

experiencing the harvests and 

falling in love with our wines. Some 

of them end up settling in Portugal 

and investing in the Portuguese 

wine sector. 

The fact that the Portuguese 

wine sector is very well organised, 

having created its own association 

ViniPortugal to represent and 

promote the sector, speaking with 

a single voice, has helped Portugal 

to grow so fast in international 

markets. In 2010 all this was 

reinforced with the creation of the 

brand ‘Wines of Portugal’. 

The popularity of Portuguese wines 

is growing, what differentiates 

them from other countries? 

Portugal has more than 250 

identified native/autochthonous 

varieties, and our terroirs are 

completely different from anywhere 

else. Even though it is a very small 

country, the diversity of internal 

terroirs is huge, making Portugal 

a truly different world. Our wines 

have an excellent value for 

money ratio, we’ve been running 

a good marketing campaign in 

international markets. All of these 

factors have helped us obtain many 

achievements across borders. 

What are the best performing 

Portuguese wines and why? 

Portuguese wines have shown 

remarkable evolution, especially in 

these last two difficult years. The 

wine sector has managed to make 

the best use of these constraints 

and we manage to achieve more 

international share every year. It's 

not easy to highlight any region, 

since most of them are recording 

a great increase in sales, but 

Douro and Port, Vinho Verde, 

Alentejo, Lisboa, Península de 

Setúbal, Bairrada and Tejo wines 

have recorded the best results 

since the beginning of 2019 in 

terms of business value, according 

November 2021 data. 

What are the target markets for 

Portuguese wines and why? 

In addition to France, the US 

and the UK, we also count Brazil, 

Germany and Canada among our 

top export markets. Our strategy 

includes being on four continents, 

where we are also present in: 

Angola, China, Japan, Norway, 

South Korea, Switzerland, Russia, 

Sweden, Poland, Mexico, Ukraine, 

Spain, Belgium and Denmark. 

In these markets, the Wines 

of Portugal brand focuses its 

communication on 10 varieties – reds: 

Touriga Nacional, Aragonez / Tinta 

Roriz, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira 

/ Tinta Amarela, Castelão, Baga 

and whites: Alvarinho, Arinto, 

Fernão Pires/Maria Gomes and 

Encruzado – which are a flagship 

in the promotion of Portuguese 

wines. This communication has 

been a success attracting many 

buyers from these countries, so 

we will increase and reinforce our 

presence there and continue to add 

new achievements. 

You are one of the biggest 

exhibitors at Wine Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris this year. Why is this such an 

important event for you? 

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris is one 

of the most important and most 

impactful wine fairs in the sector. 

The event is a meeting between 

the most famous wine regions in 

the world and professional buyers 

from the five continents. We 

couldn’t miss this presence and 

being here in a prominent way. 

The Wines of Portugal stand has 

55 exhibitors, representing the main 

wine regions – Vinho Verde, Porto 

and Douro, Dão, Lafões, Bairrada, 

Beira Interior, Alentejo, Lisboa, Tejo, 

Península de Setúbal, Algarve and 

Madeira – with several news over 

the three days and a tailor-made 

tastings area 


I REGION I SPAIN & PORTUGAL I 

Madeira Vinters 

make Award- 

Winning Wine 

with a feminine 

touch 

Madeira Vinters was founded just under ten years ago, yet the progressive 

brand has already built a name for itself by making award-winning wine with 

a feminine touch. The exciting company is showcasing a range of new releases 

at this year's Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris. 

Founded in 2012, Madeira Vinters is 

the most recent producer of Madeira 

wine on the market. That said, the 

company has already reached 

several noteworthy milestones. After 

launching its first wines in 2016, 

the company honoured Women’s 

Day in 2018 with its first five-yearold 

Madeira wine. Soon after, 

the company’s five-year-old 

Malvasia won the Vinos De 

Licor/Encabezados Prize at the 

Vino y Mujer 2019 awards. The 

progress did not stop in 2021, 

with the anticipated launch of 

a one-year-old Boal and Tinta 

Negra single harvest from 2012. 

Madeira Vinters is not 

just known for its awardwinning 

products, but also 

for its progressive company 

operations and importance to 

the region of Madeira. Founding 

the company was made possible 

thanks to the Agricultural Cooperative of Funchal 

(CAF), as a project dedicated to farmers in Madeira. 

There is a distinct focus on the women of Madeira, 

from the farmers who source the ingredients to the 

supply chain to the administrative decisions at the 

top. 

The all-female team specialises in Madeira wine 

with a lower alcohol content (17%). "The innovation 

comes from the team behind the project – which 

is exclusively women", CEO Suzanne Pedro claims. 

"There is also a lower amount of alcohol. The 

grapes are selected by hand and different varieties 

grown on the Porto Santo island are incorporated". 

With the aforementioned releases set for this 

year, Madeira Vinters looks to go from strength to 

strength, attracting women from around the world 

to help grow this organic regional project 

Hall 5.2 / Stand EF-024 

A family dream turned 

into wine 

Hall 5.2 / Stand F-111 

With a storied history dating back to 1968, Bodegas 

Piedra has one of the largest and most productive 

vineyards in the Toro D.O. region. Now, the company is 

welcoming a new era by presenting releases such as the 

Paredinas at Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris. 

soil of the hillside vineyard makes 

the vines find a dynamic balance 

with their environment, producing 

a bottle with distinct value and 

flavour. Visitors can try a taste 

of this storied wine at Bodegas 

Piedra’s stand, where they can also 

find more information about their 

future and heritage 

The story starts at the source, the 

largest parcel of old vineyard in the 

Toro. Ingredients are taken to the 

Bodegas Piedra winery, located in 

the Guareña valley, where a team 

of professionals craft revered wines 

with a set of different inspirations. 

“Piedra wines have been created 

to delight the senses, to celebrate 

life and friendship”, says the 

company. It is worth noting that the 

Bodegas Piedra vineyard is also a 

key destination for enotourism in 

the region, with a variety of tasting 

sessions and experiences. 

The origin of the wines are reflected 

in the flavours, made to appeal to 

a wide variety of taste palettes. 

There are young and natural wines, 

along with aged products that tell 

the story of the vineyard they came 

from. Standout releases include 

the Piedra Natural, with handharvested 

grapes sourced from the 

company’s Bocarrage Parcel. There 

are no sulfites, additives or any 

kind of treatments, and has been 

described as the “best that an old 

vineyard site in the Toro region has 

to offer”. 

For perhaps more seasoned wine 

tasters, the Paredinas is something 

of a masterclass in “tresbolillo” 

winemaking. This method is 

described as a “staggered” 

approach, with grapes sourced from 

the Paredinas vineyard (Bodegas 

Piedra’s oldest, from 1927). The deep 


I REGION I FRANCE I VAL DE LOIRE I 

Maison Colin explores 

emotions with new “A Travers 

Champs” collection at Wine 

Paris & Vinexpo Paris 

The artisans at Colin Champagne have been 

exploring their local Vertus vineyards in search of 

new inspiration. The result is a new collection from 

the Maison, featuring vintage, parcel and Terroir 

champagne, presented at Wine Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris 2022. 

Domaine BID'GI: 

producing quality wines 

through traditional and 

organic methods 

Domaine BID'GI is a 100-year old family estate 

located in the Loire Valley near Nantes. It is turning 

increasingly to organic Muscadet Sèvre et Maine and 

Melon de Bourgogne. 

The current winemakers, Daniel 

Bideau and Marie-Béatrice 

Giraud, took over from their 

parents in 1984 and have 

continued the two vineyards 

(Domaine du Vieux Chai and 

Château Haute Carizière) by 

creating the Domaine BID'GI. 

Convinced that wine quality 

starts in the vineyard, they turned 

to sustainable agriculture with 

Terra Vitis and then to organic 

farming. Their philosophy is the 

strength of the land through 

the development of Melon de 

Bourgogne grape varieties and 

by consolidating the designation 

of the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine. 

Today, the 52 ha estate is 

cultivated organically to 50m, 

the rest being in Terra Vitis 

(sustainable agriculture). 

Domaine BID'GI produces mainly 

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine and 

dry white wines from Pinot Gris 

and Colombard grapes. Wines 

are vinified "sur Lie", a specific 

Nantes method which consists of 

letting the Muscadet rest on its 

fermentation deposit all winter 

without racking or filtration. 

Daniel Bideau and Marie-Béatrice 

Giraud have many new projects in 

mind. As they are due to take over 

the entire Domaine in January 

2023, this year will be important 

to prepare the handover. 

The focus is already set: 

• to develop the environmental 

approach by increasing the 

proportion of organic vines and 

moving towards biodynamics 

– this will be completed with an 

environmental and educational 

trail 

• to reintegrate the horse-work of 

the soil for some vines (vintage, 

old vines…) 

• the construction of a new ecoresponsible 

cellar 

• sharing the Muscadet 

designation's experience with 

young Nantes winegrowers 

developping short circuits 

• rejuvenating the domaine 

through social networks and 

partnerships with start-ups 

such as Ankorstore or Ekhi 

Hall 6 / Stand CD-188 

Named “A Travers Champs”, the 

new collection from Maison Colin 

features a range of exceptional 

colours and aromas. Envisioned 

by Delphine and Romaine 

Colin, the collection is a tour 

through local Vertus vineyards, 

introducing you to new tastes 

and characters from the Family 

House. Over 10 Cuvees are on 

display at Wine Paris & Vinexpo 

Paris 2022, including four from 

the exclusive “A Travers Champs” 

collection. 

One standout is La Croix Saint 

Ladre, a 2016 plot cuvée from 

a plot on the Vertus Premier 

Cru terroir. The Chardonnay is 

perhaps the most faithful to 

the Colin family’s winemaking 

philosophy, represented by its 

source at the family’s original 

vineyard plot. 

The Premier Cru vineyard has 

the oldest vines of Maison 

Colin. This land also produced 

the anticipated Les Prôles and 

Chétivins cuvee. Bursting with 

personality and elegance, the 

2008 vintage is being unveiled 

to the public for the first time at 

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022. 

More highlights from Maison Colin 

include the Les Grandes Terres 

Millésime 2013. This elegant 

wine can be traced back to the 

northern Colin vineyard, with 

inspiration from the communes of 

Cramant and Oiry. Meanwhile Le 

Chemin des Roses Millésime 2013 

will give you a taste of the Pinot 

Noir de Vertus vines, a true rarity 

from Colin Champagne. 

“The land has always guided our 

family. Over two hundred years 

of winemaking and farming have 

sculpted our brand and expertise. 

So it's only natural that it's our 

main source of inspiration when 

it comes to creating our vintages”, 

say Richard, Romain and Delphine 

Colin 



I SPECIAL FEATURE I CHAMPAGNE I 

ADVERTORIAL 

Champagne Palmer & Co 

goes green with 100% 

recycled gift box 

The house's iconic prestige cuvée, Amazone de Palmer, 

will be presented in an environmentally friendly gift 

box, which is 27% lighter than other packaging and 

made from FSC-certified virgin fibres. 

As CEO Rémi Vervier explains: 

"We are determinedly looking to 

the future and are aware that 

it is necessary to move forward 

to make wines that respect the 

environment, uphold and protect 

the union between the terroir and 

people. We want to state loud 

and clear our strong values of 

ethics and excellence.” 

The move is part of the 

champagne maker's sustainable 

development progress plan which 

was launched in 2015 and marks 

a new phase in its quality, safety 

and environmental policy. 

It follows the construction of its 

state-of-the-art winery in 2018, 

which meets high environmental 

standards and saw the 

introduction of beehives two 

years later. 

The box, a tribute to Palmer & Co’s 

emblematic Premier and Grand 

Crus, is made from FibreForm 

paper, an innovative packaging 

material from the Swedish 

company BillerudKorsnäs. 

Its high-strength makes it possible 

to replace plastic, glass or metal 

with a tactile, renewable and allnatural 

material sourced from 

responsibly managed forests. 

The ultra-premium Champagne 

House, founded in 1947, also 

has more than 220 hectares of 

vineyard which received HVE3 

and VDC certification last year. 

Amazone de Palmer, a blend of 

Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs 

from renowned terroirs of the 

Montagne de Reims, are aged 

on lees for ten years in chalk 

cellars before undergoing manual 

remuage - or riddling. 

The gift box's unique decorative 

finish, inspired by the domaine's 

chalky soils and embossed 

designs, has been brought to life 

by French printing company Le 

Sanglier 

Hall 6 / Stand A-043 

Hall 6 / Stand GH-068-15 

Pierre Trichet Rosé 

de Saignée reinvents 

traditional Champagne 

Champagne producer Pierre Trichet signs a new 

exclusive product with his Rosé de Saignée, an 

exceptional vintage packaged in an eco-friendly box 

made of linen and vine stock. 

1,573 numbered bottles. This is 

the total number of Pierre Trichet 

Rosé de Saignée. The cuvée 

breaks all the presentation codes 

of traditional champagne. The 

bottle, the colour of the wine, the 

original packaging : all this makes 

this vintage extraordinary! 

With his Rosé de Saignée, 

Trichet demonstrates the brand's 

commitment to a sustainable, 

eco-responsible viticulture. The 

champagne producer is working 

hand in hand with local suppliers 

bringing multiple achievements: 

• a 100% paper cap, a real 

innovation 

• an openwork capsule displaying 

its logo, with 99% ink reduction 

• an original 100% natural, 

eco-friendly box made of 

compressed linen and vine 

stock. Never seen before! 

in the production. Since 2019, the 

producer completely stopped the 

use of herbicides. An achievement 

which earned the company a High 

Environmental Value level 3 label 

as well as a Viticulture Durable en 

Champagne certification. All of 

this without compromising on the 

quality of its range of racy and 

original champagnes. 

Rosé de Saignée is no exception. 

Made from the 2018 harvest, from 

70% Pinot Meunier & 30% Pinot 

Noir Premier Cru, Pierre Trichet's 

Rosé de Saignée offers a very 

intense colour with ruby tints, 

a raspberry and blood orange 

nose, a fruity, crisp and pulpy 

palate with notes of blackberry, 

sloe, pomelo and accents of 

peppery violet and poppy 

This green approach is part of 

Pierre Trichet's continuous work to 

include eco-responsible practices 



I SPECIAL FEATURE I CHAMPAGNE I 

© Claudine Grin 

Collard-Picard 

Champagne Synesthésie 

redefines "the pleasure of 

the senses" 

"The pleasure of the senses gives meaning to 

pleasure". With these words, the owners of the 

Champagne House Collard-Picard created 

"Synesthésie", an exceptional champagne vintage 

set in a jewel-like box... 

Konrat, four hedonist 

cuvées of Champagne 

Champagne Konrat to present four delicately 

balanced and hedonist vintages at Wine Paris & 

Vinexpo Paris 

"Synesthésie" celebrates all of 

the human senses, a blend of 

feelings that French poet Charles 

Baudelaire celebrated in his most 

famous collection of poems "Les 

Fleurs du Mal". "Synesthésie" was 

used by Baudelaire to describe 

his mystical experience. Scents 

are assimilated to sound, colour 

and touch. 

traditional corks and clips enable 

the champagne to breathe while 

it matures for a minimum of ten 

years in the cellars. 

The grapes, picked from vines of 

45 years on average, make up 

this subtle blend as follows: 80% 

Chardonnay from the famous 

Côte des Blancs classified as 

Grand Cru (le Mesnil-sur-Oger 

It is on the heights of the village 

of Montigny-sous-Châtillon, in 

the heart of the Champagne 

region, that Faustine and Marc 

have brought the gestures and 

secrets of their ancestors back to 

life – after 50 years of dormancy. 

Both ancestors of this 

winegrower's family, located in 

the Champagne hillsides and 

along the banks of the Loire, 

would be proud to see their 

grandson and great-grandson 

perpetuate their traditions of 

excellence with audacity. 

At every stage, from the perfect 

grape to the bottling, the couple 

look for elegance and finesse 

to create gourmet cuvees. 

"Champagne accompanies all 

of life's great pleasures. Our 

creations are not conventional in 

order to arouse the most beautiful 

emotions", they explain. 

The selection of sandy plots, 

the vinification in oak barrels 

according to the lunar calendar 

and from this harvest in amphorae 

participate in the birth of these 

authentic and charismatic 

Champagnes, created for ageing. 

"Wine is a living product. We 

accompany it in a natural way 

with love", they say. 

Respect for the environment and 

biodiversity guide the philosophy 

of their exclusive production of a 

few thousand bottles. "Only the 

palate and the soul recognise 

the passion of a handcrafted 

terroir. This is why we produce in 

very small quantities, as a family 

and alongside the best local 

craftsmen - coopers, cork makers, 

printers…" 

This year, four vintages will leave 

their vaulted cellar: Collection 

IIème édition, a delicately wooded 

brut with no vintage year which 

is the brand signature. Rosé, an 

ode to hedonism. Blanc de noirs, 

an extra-brut with a masculine 

stature. And Velours, a tribute to 

the very first Champagnes 

Hall 3 / Stand H-241 

It is the same kind of experience 

that the special champagne 

vintage 2006 and 2007 will 

give to the owners of one of 

the Synesthésie gift boxes 

created by Champagne Collard- 

Picard. The two owners of the 

champagne house, Caroline and 

Olivier Collard, are passionate 

about preserving the great 

wine-making traditions of the 

region. For "Synesthésie", they 

selected the ‘Coeur de cuvée’, 

which is the very purest juice 

drawn from the first pressing. 

The wine is aged in traditional 

large oak barrels. Malolactic 

fermentation is withheld, 

allowing the champagne to 

age for many years. Rarely used 

and Oger) and 20% Pinot Noir 

from the Marne Valley (Reuil). 

They can be kept for up to 15 years 

in optimal conditions, protected 

from the light. 

In its black and gold case, the 

beautifully shaped bottling of the 

Synesthésie contains exceptional 

vintage champagnes from 2006 

and 2007. Only 500 signed gift 

boxes are available! 

Hall 5-3 / Stand DE-146 


© Emilio Del Prado 

The Off - getting into 

the right mood in the 

French Capital 

The Off by Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris is THE definitive 

list of partner bars across the city of lights. Take the time 

to drop by one or two – and get into the right mood for 

the show! 

WHERE 

TO GO IN 

PARIS 

Le 52 

A must-visit located rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, the 52 

reflects perfectly its lively neighbourhood. On the menu: 

carefully crafted bistronomic cuisine and a demanding wine 

list where visitors can find a bottle of Vacheron or even of 

Gangloff. 

52, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis 

75010 Paris 

TEL: +33 1 48 00 95 88 

Les Fines 

Gueules 

Combining the pleasures of a dining 

experience with those of the eyes, 

the restaurant unveils its assets in a 

splendid 17th century building listed 

as a French historical heritage and 

designed by the famous architect 

Jules Hardouin Mansart. 

43 rue Croix des Petits Champs 


Tel: +33 1 42 61 35 41 

Café compagnon 

Coffee, lunch or dinner, this new multi-ambience neobistro 

brings its neighbourhood to life and brings people 

together. You can taste delicate cuisine as well as a 

fine collection of wines, those from the vineyards of the 

owner, Charles Compagnon, located in Beaujolais, as 

well as rare vintages from trusted houses. 

Le Canon d'Achille 

A wide and specialized choice available at Canon d'Achille, 

where the wines, mostly natural, are carefully sourced: 

Domaine Luneau-Papin, Domaine Antoine & H. Lienhardt, 

Domaine Lapierre... And for some bubbles: champagne or 

pet nat'(sparkling wines). On the table side of things, the 

plates are refined and the products in their simplest form. 

76, boulevard de la Villette 


TEL: +33 1 44 52 96 53 

22-26, rue Léopold Bellan 


TEL: +33 9 77 09 62 24

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