Cazes: Bordeaux wine tourism is the future

Adam Lechmere The city of Bordeaux should become a cultural centre of wine, Sylvie Cazes, the new president of the UGCB, has said. Cazes has just become the 7th president – and the first female head – of the Union des Grands Crus Classes de Bordeaux. She is also president of the board at Chateau Lynch-Bages and the Cazes family wine holdings, and also sits on the Bordeaux City Council. In a wide-ranging interview in the September issue of Decanter magazine Cazes says she is keen to increase promotional activities by taking wine events direct to the consumer. To this end she will explore how wine tourism concepts such as the Relais & Châteaux Cordeillan-Bages hotel, the restored village of Bages with its bistro, bakery, wine store and art workshops, tour companies and wine schools can be extended. On the city council she will... [read full story]