Wines centuries of history – A president in the Médoc

AThe aftermath of a war which reduced its population, disorganized the countryside, caused the disappearance of vineyards, this is not luxury. Especially since prohibition in the United States and the crisis of 1929 did not help to revive exports. On June 16, 1934, on the initiative of Désiré Cordier, famous merchant, mayor of Saint-Julien and owner of several Bordeaux classified growths, the Longevity Festival was organized in the Médoc. Cordier noticed that we lived old along the estuary. He proposes to all the mayors of the Médoc to bring together the 407 couples who have passed fifty years of marriage and to invite them to a vast celebration in the presence of Albert Lebrun, President of the Republic. A huge banquet brings together the personalities at Château Gruaud-Larose, property of…