The Wine Festival

history

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In 1972, a famous wine brocker in the Rhône valley, named Maurice Seignour, grew an idea :

Create in Vacqueyras the first festival which will provide the Côtes du Rhône designation renown.

He formed a committee with almost all the winemaker of Vacqueyras and this is in 1973 born the first Côte du Rhône wine festival with village name and a lot of designation participated.

Obviously that one were modest but set a good example. Each village, one by one organized it once a year. But the one in Vacqueyras became sustainable and its succes grew more and more.

In 1976, its area became too small so the whole village is invested.

All the inhabitants are committed and this festival became an unmissable event.

In 1990 Vacqueyras became « vintage ». The status needed to be change. Then our festival became « the vintage festival », exhibitors changed but the festival kept its magic power.

The french and foreign member followed us and the atmosphere lasted.

But each vintage got is own festival and it’s getting hard to move the winemaker, Gilles Lambert (new president) and his team started the Vacqueyras festival in 2015.

The new edition was a real succes, everyone is au rendez vous.

The winemakers, visitors, the awesome meals served under the plane trees on the 14^th July at noon helped the festival reputation.

Each year everything is ready for the 13^th and 14 th July, except in 2020 with the Covid.

THIS YEAR

We will happily welcome you and we are already thinking about 2023, 50 years millesime of the association and festival.

Presidents from 1973 to 2022,

Maurice Seignour

Jocelyn Chudzikiewicz

Maurice Seignour

Monique Archimbaud-Bouteiller

Philippe Bouteiller

Gilles Lambert

If this festival is so well done, thanks to the comitee member, the villagers, the winemakers, who give unsparingly, room, time, money, and… good mood.

All are volunteers and we have to congratulate them