The York Chancellery of the Jurade visits Saint-Émilion each year for the Ban des Vendanges, enjoying Saint-Emilion’s wonderful hospitality and the ceremonial beginning of the vintage.

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In 2008, as always, the group was given a true Saint-Émilion welcome at the Chateaux which so generously received us. As always we went back to some of those who are already old friends as well as making new ones. This year we visited, in order of visits: Châteaux Destieux, de Pressac, Carteau Côtes Daugay, Matras, Grand Pontet, Grand Mayne, Bellefont Belcier, Grand Corbin Despagne and Puy Razac.

Thumbnail photographs from parts of the visit, including some of our reception at some of those Châteaux and the ceremonies to celebrate 60 years since the renaissance of the Jurade and for the Intronisation of new Vignerons d’Honneur, are shown below.

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The fermentation chai at Ch. Destieux	Preparations for tasting at Ch. Destieux	Ch. de Pressac	Ch. de Pressac
Ch. de Pressac	Ch. Carteau Cotes Daugay	Ch. Carteau Cotes Daugay	Ch. Matras
Ch. Matras	Ch. Grand Pontet	Ch. Grand Pontet	Ch. Grand Pontet
Ch. Grand Mayne	Ch. Grand Mayne	Celebrating the Jurade	Celebrating the Jurade
Celebrating the Jurade	Celebrating the Jurade	Celebrating the Jurade	Celebrating the Jurade
Celebrating the Jurade	Celebrating the Jurade	Celebrating the Jurade	Processing to Mass

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