Bringing the Growers to the Tasting for the Trade

Dreson: It was always fundamental for us that the grower was first, the wine maker was first. In getting to know these wine makers, either through their wines, or personally was of ultimate importance. The producers loved it, because they got a week off to party in the united states and to meet their customers. And you know, i remember when francoise tete, the wife of chatete, and julienes, came for the first time. You know, it was a time when baugelet was going through a really tough period. They came here, and the wines were so appreciated. And the people who tasted them told them soand really