The gloom has hurt the party

Photo Daniel Mallard
Several hundred visitors took part in the grand tasting open to the public, Sunday.

Dominique Lelièvre

Sunday, 3 September 2017 21:28

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The fourth edition of Bordeaux fête le vin in Quebec has seen its customers melt away, but it should not be seen as a lack of interest in the population, ensures Régis Labeaume, who wants to make wine in bordeaux wines that are ” local “.

“If we had two Saturdays, we would have at least achieved our goals “, summarized the mayor of Quebec city, Sunday, while reviewing the balance sheet of the edition 2017 of the biennial event, which ended under the rain.

Over four days of festivities, only the one which opened over the weekend took advantage of a radiant sun. Result, approximately 7600 passports – and 10 500 bottles of wine – have been passed, or 65% of sales of the edition 2015.

“We would have liked there to be more world. However, what we brand, it really is the excellent reception of visitors in québec, for its part, expressed the president of the interprofessional Council of Bordeaux wine, Allan Sichel.

Back in 2019

Mayor Labeaume has drawn up a balance sheet in spite of everything positive, stating that “the interest is equal to what it was,” quoting the pre-sale of passports, which has achieved its goal and the crowd as “quite exceptional” from the new pavilion to eat.

The showers have not dampened the enthusiasm of the hundreds of wine-lovers who took part in the grand tasting open to the public, Sunday.

Photo Daniel Mallard

Ross Harano and his wife, who live in Chicago, have been able to enjoy a good glass of wine accompanied by a platter of cold cuts before the rain.

The festivities will return in 2019, has assured Mr. Labeaume, since they are listed in the program of cooperation Quebec-Bordeaux signed Friday in the presence of the mayor of the French commune Alain Juppé.

The majority of the 4500 bottles that were not opened in the last four days will be put to use in two years.

Wines that are ” local “

Régis Labeaume took the opportunity to announce that he aims to bring to a new peak on the tradition of friendship that exists between the two cities.

“What we offer to winemakers is to return to Quebec, in between two editions to ensure that the local wine is of course one of the producers of Québec, but also, thanks to our friendship and our relationship, than the wine of bordeaux to become a local wine in the spirit of the people,” said Mr. Labeaume.

Photo Daniel Mallard

In the early afternoon, the temperature was perfect to discover a new wine, as did Jan, a tourist from New York.

Some wineries throughout could as well be welcomed again in Quebec city next year for the promotion of their products.

At his side, Allan Sichel welcomed the increase in canadian exports of wines of bordeaux, which is of the order of 9 % since the beginning of the year. “There’s a level of curiosity and interest, which is pretty exceptional here in Quebec,” he mentioned.

The edition 2017 in brief

60 wine growers in bordeaux

4000 people trained at the school of wine

7600 passports sold (4500 in advance)

10 500 bottles