Here’s hoping 2022 is all about renewal and catching up with old friends!
We wish you a delicious new year…
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A new duo at the helm of the BIVB
During its AGM on 17 December, the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) elected two Presidents to lead the trade body for the next four years. Francois Labet will be staying on as President for the next two years, while Frédéric Drouhin steps down as Co-President to be replaced by Laurent Delaunay from the Edouard Delaunay wine house.
“This election comes at a time when the industry and the region are entering an intense and challenging period.” said Laurent Delaunay after the vote, summarizing the general consensus.
While the 2021 harvest was historically low (900-950,000 hectoliters), exports of Bourgogne wines are breaking new records. Sales in France are also doing very well, but the next 18 months will be tricky. Bourgogne winegrowers seeking to satisfy all their customers will have to manage their stocks very carefully and hope for a good harvest in 2022.
François Labet underscored the paradox of this situation in his report: “Our future depends on returning to previous production levels and keeping a foothold in our markets. Our decision to bolster action taken by the Technical and Quality Department will continue in our next budget. As Frédéric Drouhin said, the BIVB is the place where this long-term work can be most easily driven as the whole sector is involved, and everyone is working together for the greater good,” he said.
Abroad: Industry tastings in the presence of producers, exclusively for market influencers to promote the very good quality-price-pleasure ratio of certain Bourgogne wines
- Montreal - 20 June
- New York - 21 June
- Los Angeles - 23 June
- London - 7 June (to be confirmed)
Despite our best intentions, all these events are subject to change if travel conditions are revised once again. To stay up-to-date with the latest information, make sure you regularly check our online press room.
The École des Vins de Bourgogne in Dijon
The Ecole des vins de Bourgogne get a choice location at the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin in Dijon, opening on 6 May.
The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) is renting a prime 70m² spot at the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin (CIGV) in Dijon. It will be managed by the organization’s offshoot, the École des Vins de Bourgogne.
Four themes will guide visitors in their discovery of Bourgogne wines through immersive tastings.
These short sessions, lasting under an hour, will inspire visitors to set out to discover the region.
The CIGV is due to open on 6 May 2022, so there’ll be plenty more news coming soon!
Winegrowers and négociants are eagerly waiting to meet with you in the vineyards to discover the latest vintages of the Bourgogne winegrowing region’s 84 AOCs. This five-day event involves 12 tasting sessions in 10 different locations from Chablis to Mercurey, with 1,000 exhibitors presenting almost 6,000 wines, and this 16th edition will certainly be one for catching up with old friends!
The program includes a complete immersion in the Bourgogne terroir, conversation and exchanges, pleasure and conviviality, and plenty of discoveries and networking to boot. Optimize your time to ensure you make as many connections as possible whilst improving your knowledge of Bourgogne wines.
Prepare for your trip
The new www.grands-jours-bourgogne.fr website in both French and English has been designed to work equally well on your mobile device as on your computer. This in-depth reference tool will provide you will all the answers to your questions. A special section for attendees allows you to sign up for tastings between now and 12 March.
NEW for 2022: Tasting notebooks will be replaced by a dedicated app
This app will allow you to store your tasting notes – either voice memos or text – along with photos and contact details for the people you meet at the event. You can download it before the event and use it without an internet connection to centralize all your data in one handy app.
The press room will be open from 9am to 5pm. This dedicated space will provide accredited journalists with a range of services including:
• Internet access
• Computers
• Interview areas
• Local and national newspapers plus other documentation
• Drinks, pastries, tea, and coffee
The BIVB’s press attachés will be there to answer all your questions, help you fix up meetings with estate managers, and provide you will all the information you might need about the event.
After consultation with the authorities and in consideration of how the pandemic is evolving, the Organizing Committee of the 78th Saint-Vincent Tournante to be held in the villages of Puligny-Montrachet, Corpeau, and Blagny, along with the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, have been forced to postpone the event from 29 & 30 January to 19 & 20 March 2022.
The safety of visitors, volunteers, artisans, and partners remains a priority and it was difficult to imagine how, in holding the event at the end of January, it could have been a celebratory gathering worthy of the Saint-Vincent Tournante name.
The Organizing Committee is very enthusiastic about and proud of the work already done, and remains motivated and mobilized to make this celebration an unforgettable one, whilst ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Now scheduled for the cusp of springtime, this highly-anticipated event will be hosted with exactly the same format as planned, including a parade, a religious celebration, the induction of former winegrowers, street entertainment, and plenty of food and drink.
There will be the eight collectively-vinified cuvées available from 12 wineries in the different villages, which will be decorated according to the theme of the four elements.
Changing the date will have no bearing on any tasting kits already booked. They will, of course, be available on 19 & 20 March 2022.
You can find out all the latest news along with lots of helpful practical information via the website at www.saint-vincent-tournante-2021.com and on Facebook and Instagram.
The Saint-Vincent Tournante du Chablisien in Fleys has also been postponed. A new date will be announced very soon.
A ministerial decree on 2 December 2021 repealed the specifications governing the production of Crémant de Bourgogne wines from 30 November 2011 and set out a new spec that came into force on the same day.
There are a series of changes, including:
• The production zone covered by the appellation has been extended to two new communes: Noyers-sur-Serein and Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche.
• Vines on the Hautes Côtes must have a minimum planting density of 4,000 vines per hectare, with a spacing between rows equal to or less than three meters.
• The pruning system known as “Taille à Queue du Mâconnais”, with 10 or fewer buds per square meter, has been extended to the entire Crémant de Bourgogne production zone for the Chardonnay and Sacy varietals.
• The height of trellised foliage must measure between 0.1m under the supporting wire and the upper limit of trimming at no less than 0.2m above the upper trellis wire.
• The proportion of the Gamay varietal is equal to or less than 30%.
• A definition has been provided for the production of rosé wines. The base wines intended for the production of rosé wine can come from maceration or bleeding, or before the racking off of a blend of white base with a red base wine made from grapes harvested and vinified in accordance with the specifications.
• The temperature of the room where bottles are stored “on laths” must be no more than 22°C and no lower than 5°C (bringing this in line with specifications for all Bourgogne wines).
To find out more about these changes, see the new specifications here (only in French).
Bourgogne vs. Burgundy: to re-affirm their identity, the region and the producers are reverting back to the original French iteration of the name, Bourgogne.
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