From the Cellar to the Wine: a fruitful alliance | Jocelyne Perard and Maryvonne Perrot

Inaugurated as part of the UNESCO Chair "Culture and Traditions of Wine" at the University of Burgundy, the Rencontres du Clos-Vougeot aim to approach wine as a cultural product, a vector of civilization, whose enlightened consumption is a true art of living and a philosophy linked to conviviality and sharing, humanistic values if there ever were any. These seventh Rencontres du Clos Vougeot focus on the theme "From the cellar to the wine: a fruitful alliance." Drawing on testimonies from numerous wine regions around the world, around thirty international speakers seek to evoke the fruitful interactions between the weight of traditions, history, and the evolution of cellars. The cellar inevitably adapts to oenological, environmental, cultural, and economic changes. Currently, it can even be virtual: for the wine investor, the word "cellar" is the equivalent of the word "portfolio" for the stock market investor. However, do we not risk forgetting that the choice of a cellar, of one's cellar, is not a trivial gesture, but rather symbolizes an entire worldview and self-conception.