All the flavors of IGP Cévennes organic wines can be discovered this May 10 and 11 at CéVinBio

Un moment de convivialité et de partage. Midi Libre – Correspondante

Alexandre Thouroude, du Clos des Ors. Midi Libre – Correspondante

Terres d'Hachène, estate located in Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies. Midi Libre – Correspondent

Serge Scherrer à la tête du domaine Agarrus à Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers. Midi Libre – Correspondante

La 4e édition de CéVinBio a lieu vendredi 10 et samedi 11 mai à Sauve. L'occasion de découvrir ou redécouvrir les fruits du travail de 15 vignerons passionnés.

The organic wine fair of the IGP Cévennes will bring together 15 winegrowers including faithful ones well known to visitors: Clos des Ors, Quartier Lander, Mas des Cabres, La Tour de Baumel, Agarrus, Terres d’Hachène, Le Mazelet, or even Mas Seren, Mas Dervenn, and Mas de Servon without forgetting the Domaine Saint Octime and the Domaine des Luces. New cellars join CéVinBio for the first time: Clau du Sol, Les Vins d’Elo, Les vignerons de Saint-Jean-de-Serres.

Beautiful view and beautiful window

Ideally located under the plane trees, on the banks of the Vidourle, La Vabre is unanimously appreciated by exhibitors, visitors and buyers. "CéVinbio is clearly visible along the RD999 and it is easy to park. We have a magnificent view of the medieval village. CéVinBio is really a great showcase for our wines", insists Jérôme Pépin of Quartier Lander.

Organized by the Syndicat des Vins des Cévennes on the initiative of the winegrowers of the IGP Cévennes, CéVinBio is always the opportunity to discover wines produced with passion. It is also and above all the ideal place to discuss and understand the how and why of the environmental approach of these winegrowers, who love their land. At the family estate of Mas des Cabres, Florent Boutin is preparing ardently. While his juices are still in vats, he has chosen to anticipate the bottling of Floreal, a new variety of white wine grape obtained by Inrae, from a cross between Villaris and a descendant of Muscadinia rotundifolia. "We have a lot of requests for Floreal which resists downy mildew and powdery mildew. Fans appreciate it as soon as they taste it. We are going to replant some, announces the winegrower who has spent all of his 12.5 ha organic.

"2023 is a great vintage"

It is in the context of very good quality of the 2023 harvests that this next edition of CévinBio will take place: "We are very confident. 2023 is a great vintage. The vines had sun when it was needed, and water as needed. The juice is splendid, says Alexandre Thouroude of Mas des Ors. He also notes a better public knowledge of winemaking and a greater interest in resistant grape varieties such as Alicante Bouschet or Aramon which require less aggressive treatments.

With rising temperatures, Jérôme Pépin of Quartier Lander is turning to forgotten, drought-resistant grape varieties like Terret, and southern, Greek, Italian, Spanish grape varieties like Magliocco or verdejo. So, even if sales were a little complicated last year among professionals, it is a safe bet that the atmosphere will be good. Visitors who do not yet know the quality of IGP Cévennes organics will be pleasantly surprised. And convinced, it’s obvious. "The conversion to organic is complete. The dynamic is there. By 2027 all winegrowers in the IGP Cévennes must be converted to organic or have a certified environmental approach", recalls Eléonore Anger, responsible for wine tourism and communication missions at the Gard wine federation IGP.

Friday May 10 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday May 11 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Place de la Vabre in Sauve. Tasting pass: 6 € the glass, with notebook and pencil.