B o u vet News #5 - Autumn 2013
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Editorial An Indian Summer in the Loire Valley
Live Long & Drink Bouvet!
Celebrating Patrice Monmousseau’s 70th Birthday
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his summer, the friends and team of Bouvet Ladubay gathered in Saumur and Paris on two occasions to celebrate our CEO and Chief winemaker’s 70th birthday and to mark over 50 years with Bouvet Ladubay.
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St Hilaire -St Florent, Saumur, France July 5th, 2013
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Bouvet-Ladubay’s team
Paris, France July 10th, 2013
Patrice Monmousseau, Dr Vijay Mallya, Gérard Depardieu, Juliette Monmousseau, Irène Frain
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Here in Saumur, at Bouvet Ladubay, the “Indian Summer” doesn’t have the same connotations as for our English speaking cousins. For us, the Indian Summer is not a reference to climate, it’s something completely different, it’s the HARMONY developed over seven years with our Indian owner, United Spirits. The culture of Freedom, maintained by Dr Mallya and his group, is based on confidence and, of course, on the results that follow. So at the end of this first 7 year cycle we have managed to obtain what we were dreaming of. In this plan for the future there were objectives of not only quality but also quantity, the creation of a new winery to achieve these objectives, and the ability to self-finance. I have always thought that the greatest chefs don’t cook in a building’s cellar. It’s the same concept regarding wine: extremely modern and dynamic equipment and a little bit of talent are needed to make high-quality wines. After releasing to the press what we wished to do, from an external point of view, the plan looked dubious and for many people (professionals) unrealistic. But now, 5 years after opening
our new winery « Full Metal », our annual production has increased by 85%. With regards to quality, I can refer to the medals and awards received over the past 5 years: 150 of them can be added to 390 others already obtained since 1970, giving us a total of 540 medals and awards over the last 43 years. For me, that’s the INDIAN SUMMER, and it’s also a little bit of this radiant and peaceful atmosphere that every Bouvet Ladubay’s admirer finds when sharing a happy moment with friends by drinking a glass of Bouvet Brut.
Patrice Monmousseau
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A moment with Bouvet Ladubay
GERRY WEBER OPEN 2013 ATP World Tour Tennis tournament- Halle, Germany June 7th-13th, 2013
Model Sarah Jane Dias enjoying a glass of Bouvet Brut – Ellipsis Restaurant, Mumbai, India
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Top left: Saphir Brut Vintage for the winners. Bottom left: Roger Federer, the tournament winner, competing. Right: Ralf Weber and the beaten finalist Mikhail Youzhni - www.gerryweber-open.de
Double win for Jonathan Paget
REGATTA « LES VOILES DE LEGENDE » Yacht Club de La Baule – Port de La Baule August 12th-15th, 2013
BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS 2013
GATCOMBE HORSE TRIALS 2013
Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK September 5th – 8th, 2013
Gatcombe Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK
August 2nd – 4th, 2013
Left: yachts of the regatta. Right: giving prizes and Bouvet Saphir Vintage bottles to the winners. www.yclb.net
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Yacht Club Classique – Port de La Rochelle August 3rd , 2013
Left: the winning yacht, Danycan. Right: Daycan’s owner receiving the « Coupe du Patrimoine Bouvet-Ladubay » award. - www.yachtclubclassique.com
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Right: center, Jonathan Paget (riding CLIFTON LUSH) with the owners: Frances Stead and Lucy Allison www.gatcombe-horse.co.uk, www.burghley-horse.co.uk
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LA LOIRE DANS TOUS SES ETATS
BOUVET LADUBAY CELEBRATES THE 100TH TOUR DE FRANCE
Quais de la Loire, Saumur, France July 14th, 2013
STAGE N°1 LITERATURE THE BIKE: MY LIFE, MY PASSION, MY HAPPINESS Wine & Literature Festival – Saumur, France April 13th-14th, 2013
Actor, singer, songwriter Jérémy Kapone
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n July 14th in Saumur, the Loire river was a theater for many activities showing boating traditions and a mini-concert by Jérémy Kapone (a young French actor and singer-songwriter) organised by Bouvet Ladubay and the city of Saumur. At the end of the concert, every boatman was invited to share a glass of Bouvet “Petite bulle” with the artist www.ville-saumur.fr
Left: Bouvet Ladubay’s wine cellar worker and passionate Loire River boatman, Vincent Pocquereau, Right: Crémant de Loire Rose, on the river, in front of the Chateau de Saumur.
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t this year’s Wine & Literature Festival in Saumur, Bouvet Ladubay welcomed one of French cycling’s greats - Raymond Poulidor. He came to present his book « Mes 50 Tours de France » (My 50 Tours of France) which he wrote at the age of 76. Even if he doesn’t participate in races any more, cycling still remains his passion.
Raymond Poulidor
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Tour de France Village – Laval, France July11th, 2013
Anjou Festival–Petit Théatre Bouvet Ladubay, Saumur, France
June 23rd, 2013
In a nod to the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France, Nicolas Briançon (actor but also the Anjou Festival’s Artistic director) and Grégoire Bonnet gave readings of the Tour de France chronicles by Antoine Blondin at the Théatre Bouvet Ladubay, which has proudly partnered the Anjou Festival for 25 years www.festivaldanjou.com
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ouvet Ladubay presented its Crémant de Loire Cuvée Henri de Belrives for the stage of the Tour de France in Laval on July, 11th! This Cuvée, created for the collection “Reflets de France” for the Carrefour group, was poured on the occasion of the Tour de France whose historical sponsor is Carrefour.
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200 Leading Figures in Wine Business “Going on 70 years old, the unbeatable CEO of Bouvet-Ladubay embodies half a century success of this winery from Saumur, subsidiary of an Indian multinational company. He started at 18 as a simple cellar worker at the family winery, he has known post-war years of new export markets’ opening, acquisition by the Taittinger family, multiplication of sales by ten, resale to United Breweries.”
Bouvet Trésor Rosé 91 points “This wine: real luxury, tiny bubbles, pastel pink color with orange hints. Delicate strawberry, cranberry and red currant notes. On the palate: pleasing foam, nice aromatic intensity and a long finish. […] Ideal to drink either alone, or with seafood or red fruits.”
Bouvet Rosé Excellence “A charming sparkler, with s t r a w b e r r y, cherry and watermelon flavors, offering a fresh, lingering finish that shows a light bergamot note.”
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The Master of Riddling « […] Is globalization really the steamroller that mows down all regional cultures? […]One example that allows us to beg to differ is the story of Patrice Monmousseau, the head of Bouvet-Ladubay. Patrice knows that the bubbly has to be infused with a symbolic charge and that is one of the reasons he hosts these events. He had the old theater building, which the founder of the company had erected for his wife in his day, carefully restored – with lots of plush adornments, putti and pomp. The art museum, which is part of the property, on the other hand, features a modernistic style and houses contemporary sculptures and paintings. The company also owns an underground cathedral in its cellars. Illuminated sculptures are on display here, reflecting the town’s history. This is where the base wines are stored in barrels to ripen. […] Well over a dozen years ago, liberal entrepreneur Alain Minc wrote a book on “Happy Globalization.” It earned him a lot of ridicule in France. In Saumur, one can take a tour that proves that this phenomenon does actually exist […]»
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