Conseil des vins du Médoc

The size of the vineyard and the multiplicity of professional organizations led the Médoc to create an operational structure, a privileged interlocutor and spokesperson for all the winegrowers. This structure has taken the form of an association which plays an essential role in the promotion of Médoc wines and its various markets. The Conseil des Vins du Médoc has been an association under the law of 1901 since 1987, but it was created in 1967 under the name "GIE des Vins du Médoc".

It is made up of six AOC management organizations in the Médoc region: 
- ODG* of the AOC Médoc/Haut-Médoc/Listrac-Médoc,
- ODG of the AOC Moulis,
- ODG of the AOC Saint-Julien,
- ODG of the AOC St-Estèphe,
- ODG of the AOC Margaux,
- ODG of the AOC Pauillac.

Other members are part of the Conseil des vins du Médoc:
- Conseil des Crus Classés du Médoc,
- Syndicat des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc,
- Syndicat des Crus Artisans du Médoc,
- Federation of the cooperative cellars of the Médoc,
- Federation of wine and spirits traders' unions of Bordeaux and the Gironde,
- Commanderie du Bontemps de Médoc et des Graves.

The missions of this organization are to extend the action of the wine syndicates of appellation and the wine-producing professional families and to support the concertation for a harmonization of the professional policies as well as the collective promotion of the wines of the Medoc in the respect of the originality of each of its components.

The activities of the Conseil des vins du Médoc are:

• development and coordination of promotional and public relations campaigns in France and abroad,
• publishing and making available to professionals promotional material,
• research and synthesis of statistical and commercial information,
• training in hotel schools,
• promotional events for the wine region,
• press and public relations.

 

 

Translator's notes:
- ODG: defense and management organization