The Ordre de la Dive Bouteille de Gaillac held its annual summer chapter the first Sunday of August. Our General Secretary Marc Lesk attended, along with a delegation from the Echansons de France. The Gaillac vineyard, one of the oldest in France, stretches over 6800 hectares on both banks of the Tarn. Native grape varieties (Luenh de l’uelh – far from the eye, mauzac for the whites; fer servadou also called braucol, duras for the reds…) give the wines their

The Conseil des Echansons de France is a wine-brotherhood dedicated to promoting and defending French wines, as well as the traditions associated with the arts of the table. Founded in 1954, the Conseil des Echansons de France is heir to the traditions of the winegrowers’ brotherhoods of the Middle Ages, and those of the wine-lovers’ brotherhoods of later times. Around the world, it counts several hundred members, both wine professionals and amateur tasters. It has permanent representations in France and

In the year 2024, the Commende Majeure du Roussillon, a brotherhood created to “guard the duty and right of the vine and wine” and “its loyalty to the land of Roussillon”, celebrates a double anniversary : A 2 1/2-day program has been set up for the occasion, including vineyard tours, lectures, a parade preceding a chapter with numerous inductions, and of course meals celebrating the gastronomy and wines of Roussillon. After a welcome dinner at Restaurant Jean, where a typically