Lille
Alain Marty founded the Wine Business Circle in 1991. Today, it meets at Lille and in 13 other towns at France (Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Tours) and at International (Luxembourg, Barcelona, Madrid).
The Wine Business Circle continues 3 objectives :
- Find the France's best wines and winemakers for dinners prepared by exceptional chefs
- Supporting loyalty, by allowing members to invite guests from outside the Circle to each evening (customers, prospective customers, journalists, VIPs, partners, etc.)
- Enablingbroaden your network of contacts meeting many French and international business leaders
Evening events in Lille à La Laiterie around a dinner-tasting of grands crusdeveloped by the head Edouard Chouteau.
Every Circle of Lille event hosts a winegrower and a personality (Xavier Bertrand, Christine Lagarde, Rodolphe Saadé, Christel Heydemann, Muriel Pénicaud, Matthieu Pigasse, Yannick Bolloré, Michel-Edouard Leclerc, Anne Lauvergeon, 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, Gilles Pélisson, Jean-Paul Agon, Pierre Gattaz, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Thierry Marx, Frédéric Mazzella, Luc Ferry, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, Patrick Pouyanné...).
Planning 2025
Thursday 2 October
- 19h00 - Champagne welcome
- 20h00 - Dinner combined with a tasting of fine wines
- 20h30 - Speech by the guest of honour Isabelle SaladinPresident of Les Rebondisseurs Français
- 23h15 - End of the evening
- The evening is hosted by Laurence Peraud
Thursday 26 March 2026*
- 19h00 - Champagne welcome
- 20h00 - Dinner combined with a tasting of fine wines
- 20h30 - Speech by the guest of honour
- 23h15 - End of the evening
* Date to be confirmed, subject to change
Lille membership
Membership of the Wine Business Lille Circle* is reserved exclusively for company directors and the self-employed.
To become a member, you need to pay an entrance fee** of €540 inc. VAT (€450 ex. VAT), an annual subscription of €588 inc. VAT (€490 ex. VAT) and the price of the dinner.
Price of dinner 234 incl. VAT/person
OR
Package of 2 or 4 dinners (€468 incl. VAT or €936 incl. VAT)
Your membership of the Wine Business Lille Circle gives you free access to the 10 annual CWB Paris tastings at the Hôtel Le Bristol or the Shangri-La Hotel (6pm - 9pm).
For further information, please contact Ping Cai on 07 66 81 50 05 - pingcai@winebusiness.club
*2 to 4 evenings a year
**Entry fee to be paid only in the first year of your membership.
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