Concept

Alain Marty founded the Wine Business Circle in 1991. Today, it is Europe's leading network of wine-loving business and professional leaders.

The 1,100 members meet every month in Paris in the lounges of the Bristol, the Ritz or the Shangri-La Hotel with leading figures from the world of business, gastronomy and wine:

• 18h00 - Economic conference
• 19h00 - Champagne tasting
• 19h45 - Interventions by personalities : Christine Lagarde, Frédéric Oudéa, Christel Heydemann, Henri de Castries, Muriel Pénicaud, Matthieu Pigasse, Yannick Bolloré, Michel-Edouard Leclerc, Anne Lauvergeon, Stéphane Richard, Guillaume Pepy, Natacha Polony, Jean-Marie Messier, Clara Gaymard, Jacques Attali, Laurent Dassault, Jean-Bernard Lévy, Rachida Dati, Pierre-André de Chalendar, Thierry Breton, Maxime Saada, Nicolas de Tavernost, Xavier Bertrand, Gilles Pélisson, Jean-Paul Agon, Rodolphe Saadé, Pierre Gattaz, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Thierry Marx, Frédéric Mazzella, Luc Ferry, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, Patrick Pouyanné...
• 20h45 - Dinner prepared by Tony Xu (1 Michelin star chef) and Quentin Testart (Executive Chef of the Shangri-La) or Arnaud Faye, Executive Chef of the Hôtel Le Bristol, combined with a tasting of great French and international wines (in the presence of the winemakers).
• 23h00 - Closing dinner
• 23h15 - Carré VIP at Castel (15 rue Princesse - Paris VI)

The tastings are co-hosted by David Cobboldco-founder of the Académie des Vins et Spiritueux and Philippe Faure-BracWorld's Best Sommelier.

Le Cercle Wine Business is present in France (Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes, Tours, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Rennes and Strasbourg) and in International (Luxembourg, Barcelona, Madrid, Geneva, London and New York).

The aim is to have 100 sites worldwide by 2027.

Wine Business Circle