20th Anniversary of Master of Wine student trip to Bordeaux with the Grands Crus Classés en 1855
The Institute of Masters of Wine and the Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855 (Médoc & Sauternes) are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the MW student trip to Bordeaux.
The Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855, the professional organisation which upholds and protects the 1855 classification and its image, became a Supporter of the Institute in 1997. Since then, they have welcomed over 500 MW students from twelve different countries to support their journey on the MW Study Programme by enhancing their knowledge of Bordeaux.
On the 20th Anniversary trip, from 13 to 16 March 2017, the students will visit and taste at châteaux in the region including (in order of visit) Haut-Brion, d’Yquem, Guiraud, Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton Rothschild, Batailey, d’Issan, Pontet-Canet, Belgrave, Durfort-Vivens, Margaux and Pichon Baron.
The visits will include lunches and dinners to better understand food and wine pairings, and seminars led by managers of the growths including terroir of the fine wines of the Médoc and Sauternes, vinification and ageing, the Bordeaux marketplace system (merchants, brokers, primeurs), the history of the 1855 classification and the role of the Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855.
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary, Masters of Wine will also travel to Bordeaux to join the MW students. The whole group will start at Château Haut-Brion to honour the late Professor Denis Dubourdieu. For several years on this trip, Professor Dubourdieu gave the MW students a lesson on blending Bordeaux wines, and his contribution will be commemorated with a lunch and tasting at the Château.
Olivier Chapman, Head of Study Programme and Development at the Institute of Masters of Wine said, “The Institute is enormously grateful to the Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855 for offering MW students such a generous and insightful programme of visits over the last 20 years. Students have benefitted from tastings, visits and hospitality of the highest order. The time and energy given to welcome each group of students has been enormous and the MW students and Masters of Wine attending the 2017 trip together is a fitting way to commemorate the 20th year of the programme being offered.”
Pictured Château HAUT-BRION, Masters of Wine, MW students, Jean-Philippe DELMAS CEO Domaine Clarence Dillon and Philippe CASTEJA Président Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855 (Médoc & Sauternes).
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For more information contact:
Sarah Kirkpatrick
Head of Marketing, Communications and Membership
Institute of Masters of Wine
+44 (0)207 383 9131
skirkpatrick@mastersofwine.org