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Published on 2021-03-25
Because of governmental restrictions, the event scheduled for 2 days at Lyon’s Cité Internationale has been moved to another location. Since the tasting cannot be carried out in the hall there, the competition is being held now in the tasting rooms at our site.
The 2020 competition was carried...
Published on 2021-03-05
The Cité Internationale has just informed us that a prefectural order has been extended, and as a result the site will not be open for the Lyon International Competition tastings.
We had been optimistic before receiving this news, hoping that the tasting scenario and social distancing plans on...
Published on 2021-01-21
Named Best Sommelier in France in 2018, Eric Goettelmann joined the mythical Paul Bocuse restaurant in Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or in January 2020. As Executive Head Sommelier on Vincent Leroux’s dream team of MOF award winners–a team that also includes a world champion!–Eric will contribute to the...
Published on 2021-01-19
Lyon is well-known as the capital of the senses, particularly the sense of taste, so the city is a perfect place for the selection of the world’s best wines, beers and spirits.
In 2020, despite the exceptional situation, no less than 7,780 samples from 41 countries were tasted in the tasting...
Published on 2020-12-15
The first Cheese and Dairy Products edition of the Concours International de Lyon took place on November 27-30, 2020, on the Competition’s premises.
Tasters came to tasting rooms in small groups for tasting sessions spread over 3 days.
The competition, presided over by Honorary President...
Published on 2020-10-30
Governmental restrictions have obliged us to move the competition from Lyon’s Cité Internationale to another location.
As a result, the competition will take place in tasting rooms on our premises. The Wine, Beer and Spirits competition in March was carried out under these same conditions during...
Published on 2020-09-11
Wines, beers, spirits... and now cheese and dairy products!
The Lyon International Competition continues to be a great success. The awards it grants to wines, beers and spirits already carry real weight. Now the competition is forging ahead by including cheese and dairy products in its selection...
Published on 2020-06-26
Wednesday, 24 June, the Sommellerie Trophy for 2020 was presented to award-winners Sarah Gandilhon and Charlotte Achard, students with a ‘sommellerie’ focus.
The two young women first put together an entire dossier on the Manzanilla designation of origin in Spain and the trip they would like to...
Published on 2020-05-27
This year’s particular context made the 11th edition of the Lyon International Competition different from all previous editions. The competition could not be held at the Cité Internationale, so our teams took up the challenge of making it happen elsewhere, under optimal conditions and with the...
Published on 2020-05-07
Hello,
The Lyon International Competition's wine tastings will not take place this year in their usual manner. We simply cannot envision bringing together so many people in a single hall before the end of the year. That is why we decided to taste wines in several sessions in our offices and...