Jean-Francois Quenin, owner of Chateau de Pressac, is to be the new President of the Conseil des Vins de Saint Emilion, as Hubert de Bouard finally steps down.

De Bouard, owner of Chateau Angelus and regional president of INAO (Institut National des Appellations d’Origine) has been president of the Conseil since 1999, but indicated this year that he did not want to renew his mandate.

‘This is a good time for me to step back and concentrate on my work with the INAO,’ de Bouard told decanter.com.

‘Today Saint Emilion has begun working with the surrounding satellite appellations, to pool marketing initiatives, and is concentrating heavily on promoting its wines in France and overseas, as well as bringing in new quality controls for the wines. These are important initiatives that need the commitment and energy that Mr Quenin brings to everything he does.’

Quenin, 59, has been President of the Union des Syndicates of Saint Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac since 2007.

Written by Jane Anson in Bordeaux

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Jane Anson was Decanter’s Bordeaux correspondent until 2021 and has lived in the region since 2003. She writes a monthly wine column for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, and is the author of Bordeaux Legends: The 1855 First Growth Wines (also published in French as Elixirs). In addition, she has contributed to the Michelin guide to the Wine Regions of France and was the Bordeaux and Southwest France author of The Wine Opus and 1000 Great Wines That Won’t Cost a Fortune. An accredited wine teacher at the Bordeaux École du Vin, Anson holds a masters in publishing from University College London, and a tasting diploma from the Bordeaux faculty of oenology.

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