Michel VERON

Biography of Michel VERON Winemaker An oenologist by training, graduated from the University of Dijon, Burgundy in 1986, I worked for 4 years for a Burgundy trade (1987 to 1991). In this first job, as production manager, I vinified, bred and bottled wines from almost all regions of France, from Burgundy to Bordeaux, through the Loire Valley, Alsace And the Rhone Valley. This first experience was a revelation for me, especially at the tasting level that I practiced a lot, as purchasing manager. For family reasons, I had to look for a post in the northern part of France. But very quickly, Champagne has established itself as an obvious, if only by the quality of the sparkling wines it offers, undisputed reference for any wine lover. Professor of oenology in Champagne I then passed the Oenology Professor Competition at the Ministry of Agriculture and joined the Champagne and the Avize Viti Campus in 1991. Again, this was a real discovery: Of a region, of a particular professional path, with its personalities, but especially its collective linked to its organization. I especially met a wine... Inimitable and intoxicating. An original and ambitious Champagne Guide The idea of ​​the Guide VERON of Champagne comes from the students of BTS Technico-Commercial in wine and spirits of the lycée viticole of Champagne. These are the same students who decided to give my name. Of myself, I would never have considered such a project. I had, moreover, a very negative idea of ​​the blind tastings and of the arbitrary judgments, unfortunately often erroneous, which emerge from them. At first, I agreed to accompany the students on this project in 2009, provided that the champagnes tasted are never noted or compared, and that avoids the pitfall of tasting blind. Then, I realized that this Guide to Champagnes was a formidable educational tool. It was an unexpected opening on the professional world, which allowed me to stay in touch with my former students and with the professionals of Champagne, and to offer students a real initiatory journey through Champagne, between unforgettable tastings and enriching encounters. I learned a lot from this project myself.