Lyon
Alain Marty founded the Wine Business Circle in 1991. Today, it meets at Lyon and in 11 other towns Bordeaux, Lille, Luxembourg, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Tours.
The Lyon evenings take place at Restaurant Bulle around a dinner-tasting of grands crusprepared by chef Raphaël Courtin.
Like the Parisian guests (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...) cach event organised by the Lyon Circle welcomes a personality and a winegrower.
Planning 2025/2026
Thursday 25 september
- 19h30 - Welcome to Louis Roederer champagne
- 20h00 - Dinner combined with a tasting of fine wines
- 20h30 - Speech by the guest of honour
- 23h15 - End of the evening
- The evening will be hosted by Marie PonsonnetCo-founder of Colète wine
Tuesday 5 February 2026*
- 19h30 - Welcome to Louis Roederer champagne
- 20h00 - Dinner combined with a tasting of fine wines
- 20h30 - Speech by the guest of honour
- 23h15 - End of the evening
- The evening will be hosted by Marie PonsonnetCo-founder of Colète wine
*Date to be confirmed, subject to change
membership in lyon
- Membership of the Cercle WB Lyon* 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) and the annual subscription of €588 inc. VAT (€490 ex. VAT), then choose to pay the price of the dinner.
Price of dinner 195 incl. VAT/person
Your membership of the Cercle Wine Business Lyon gives you free access to the 10 annual tastings organised by the CWB Paris 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 coralieschuhmacher@winebusiness.club*2 to 4 evenings a year
**Entrance fee payable in the first year of membership only.
