A STRUCTURE SERVING WINE GROWERS, RUN BY WINE GROWERS

The Confederation of Independent Winegrowers of France is a trade union organization. It operates thanks to membership fees and the services it provides. This financial independence guarantees complete freedom of positioning and action in the service of its members.

Our organization is based on elected governance and collective work structured around the following bodies:

 

👤 An elected president

He embodies the movement, represents the Independent Winegrowers, and speaks on their behalf in national and European bodies.

 

🤝 An Office

Composed of the president, vice presidents, secretary general, treasurer, and their deputies, the Executive Committee is the union's operational steering body. It monitors the decisions taken by the Board of Directors, ensures that actions are implemented, and guarantees continuity between meetings. The Executive Committee meets regularly to ensure responsive, collegial governance that is constantly in touch with the field.
 

The members of the board


 

🧩 A board of directors

As the Confederation's decision-making body, it sets the union's broad guidelines and approves the actions to be taken. It is composed of winegrowers from the federation network, elected for their commitment and representativeness.


 

🧠 Thematic committees

They bring together winegrowers from the network to stimulate discussion, formulate proposals, prepare positions to be submitted to the Board of Directors, and initiate concrete actions.

 

Union Committee:

She works on all issues relating to the practice of winemaking within the current economic and regulatory framework.

 

Wine Tourism Commission:

It determines wine tourism policy and the main actions to be taken to promote member estates and visitors.

 

Trade Show Committee:

This committee is responsible for organizing and developing various trade shows (for the general public).

 

Agroecological Adaptation & Transition Commission:

Responsible for initiating actions to make agroecological solutions accessible in order to ensure soils with high biological activity, enabling adaptation to increasingly challenging climate change.

 

Youth Section:

Composed of representatives under the age of 40, it deals with issues specific to the profession of young independent winegrowers and develops communication projects in which the youth section promotes the movement and its values.

 

 


Our national office counts among its members

  • President : Jean-Marie FABRE (Aude)
  • Secretary General and Head of Wine Tourism : Ludovic Walbaum (Ardèche)
  • Treasurer in charge of partner relations : Thierry Mothe (Yonne)
  • Assistant Treasurer : Francis Backert (Alsace)
  • Vice President in charge of the union : Thierry Vaute (Vaucluse)
  • Vice President in charge of the Ethics Committee Logo : Stéphane Coquillette (Champagne)
  • Vice President in charge of the Adaptation and Agroecological Transition Commission : Sébastien Michelas (Drôme)
  • Vice President in charge of Wine and Society and National Meetings : Corinne Laurent (Allier)
  • Vice President in charge of the sales platform : Céline Barbaud (Vaucluse)
  • Vice President in charge of trade shows : Régis Falxa (Gironde)
  • General Commissioner of Trade Shows : Philippe Pitault (Indre-et-Loire)
  • Vice President in charge of the competition : Michel Loriot (Champagne)
     
  • President of the CEVI : Samuel Masse (Hérault)