Le château Brane-Cantenac a accueilli,  les 22 et 23 octobre,  une réunion technique de Météo France, ayant pour but d'améliorer l'offre destinée aux professionnels du secteur de l'agriculture et de la viticulture en particulier.

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On October 22 and 23, Château Brane-Cantenac hosted a technical meeting for Météo France, the goal of which was to improve the offering aimed at professionals in the fields of agriculture and viticulture in particular.

This event, which was organized by Sud-Ouest’s inter-regional department, was led by its director, Mr. Marc Payen.

Mr. Jean Congnard, manager of the Gironde departmental center and representative of Sud-Ouest’s viticulture department, and Mr. Claude Pomares, his assistant, had prepared this event.

The participants were agricultural-meteorological departmental managers, representatives of Météo France’s central management in Toulouse, and commercial attachés from various regions of France. France's main wine-producing regions were represented: Burgundy, Alsace, Loire Valley, Charentes, etc.

The afternoon of October 22 was devoted to technical presentations:

- John Salvi, a wine columnist, explained how he uses meteorological data to draw up technical wine reports for English wine merchants.

- Mrs. Muriel Barthe, the technical director of CIVB, presented the organization of the Bordeaux wine industry.

- Mr. Mathias Robin, manager of Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s viticultural laboratory and experimentations, presented the operations of the weather-wine department specially developed by Météo France for this company.

- Mr. Marc Raynal, from IFV, presented a new hail in viticulture spatial indicator and new tools for space-rating the risk of vine disease.

- Mr. Emmanuel Clopper, Mr. Didier Grimal and Mr. Sébastien Prats from Météo France presented new services and tools that could benefit viticulture.

- Mr. Christophe Capdeville, Château Brane-Cantenac’s operations director, concluded the day by presenting the Extranet site that Météo France developed for the property. He explained how weather forecasts are used for the planning and organization of viticultural work and for managing plant protection with the goal of reducing inputs. He then led a tasting of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 vintages so as to showcase the importance of the year’s climate on the wine’s constitution.

These technical days were tremendously successful and showed how much weather forecasting and sustainable wine production are closely related.

Les gagnants du Trophée Brane-Cantenac de cette année sont : Grégory Boisson et Frédéric Sauvage, du Golf de Margaux, en Brut et Net cumulés.

Martine et Philippe Baudry, du Golf Bordelais et membres de l'équipe de Brane,  sont arrivés seconds en Brut cumulé, Xavier et Laeticia Letamendia du Golf d'Arcangues sont eux arrivés seconds en Net cumulé.

En troisième position, Mahé Muter et Jacques Augendre du Golf de Margaux et Guy Coupéry et Béatrice Hourcade, du Bordelais et membres de l'équipe de Brane.

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This year’s winners of the Brane-Cantenac Trophy are: Grégory Boisson and Frédéric Sauvage, from Golf de Margaux, in cumulative Gross and Net results.

Martine and Philippe Baudry, from Golf Bordelais and members of the Brane team, came in second in cumulative Gross, and Xavier and Laeticia Letamendia, from Golf d'Arcangues, came in second in cumulative Net.

In third place: Mahé Muter and Jacques Augendre from Golf de Margaux and Guy Coupéry and Béatrice Hourcade, from Bordeaux and members of the Brane team.

After a magnificent day graced with a summer sun, all of the teams met up at Brane for a superb cocktail organized by Philippe Villet from Le Savoie in Margaux. Although he had participated in the competition all day long, Philippe really spoiled us by preparing a royal buffet: oysters, fantasy breads, small, delicate hors d’oeuvres, pastries – the entire buffet was refined and delicious!

Henry Lurton gave all the winners their prizes. Everyone left lavished with gifts, delighted with their day in Margaux. It’s true that the ideal weather for this end-of-season competition really contributed to the friendly, relaxed ambiance on the golf course. We would like to thank the Relais de Margaux golf course’s team for having welcomed all the participants so graciously and for having organized this trophy so professionally. We look forward to seeing you next year - maybe for a three-person scramble this time??? And remember – You need to sign up relatively early to be sure to participate… More than 80 people were registered this year!

Pictures of the last holes and the prize ceremony with our two super-winners and Nicolas, from Golf de Margaux and the tournament’s organizer.