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WINE COMPETITIONS

Béatrice da Ros Bournier
Béatrice is a longtime director of the Union of French
Oenologists and the Vinalies Internationales competition.
Even though she is now at rest, she is in constant contact with
winemakers and competition organizers, especially in the
French-speaking world.

Vinalies Internationales, Paris

An unprecedented health situation that what will happen to our winegrowers? We will
strikes the whole world is disrupting our dai- have to „ride the wave“ ...
ly lives and causing general dissatisfaction Who will be the winners and who will be the
with (NOT ONLY) the French government, losers?
which nevertheless grants significant finan- When we take a tour of the different French
cial support. wine regions, we observe a very calm market
Recent laboratory discoveries point to a re- that does not lead to greater consumption, whi-
turn to normal life in the medium term, but le the worldwide drop of 35% is most worrying.

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