Lyon
Alain Marty founded the Wine Business Circle in 1991. Today, it meets at Lyon and in 13 other towns at France (Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, 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
The Lyon evenings take place at Restaurant Bulle around a dinner-tasting of grands crusprepared by chef Raphaël Courtin.
Each event organised by the Lyon Circle hosts a winegrower and a personality (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, Xavier Bertrand, Gilles Pélisson, Jean-Paul Agon, Pierre Gattaz, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Thierry Marx, Frédéric Mazzella, Luc Ferry, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, Patrick Pouyanné...).
Planning 2025/2026
THURSDAY 25 September
- 19h30 - Welcome to Louis Roederer champagne
- 20h00 - Dinner combined with a tasting of fine wines
- 20h30 - Intervention by Christophe AulnetteChairman of the Board of Cyber and author of the book "Le jour où j'ai quitté Bill Gates", published by Novice.
- 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.
