About Me

It's a beautiful story that I've been living with the CMB since 2003, the year of my first participation as a jury member in Antwerp, Belgium. Created in 1994 by my friend Louis Havaux, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has successfully established its brand and its reputation speaks for itself. Since 2006, the CMB has become itinerant and has traveled through many production regions. Among these, I have had the opportunity to participate in editions in Lisbon and Guimarães in Portugal, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Jesolo and Calabria in Italy, Aigle in Switzerland, in Bulgaria, in Croatia, and in Beijing for its 25th anniversary. Every year, thousands of samples, between 7,000 and 8,000, from the wine world, are offered under the best tasting conditions, in white and red only, since the other categories (sparkling, rosé, sweet and spirits) are now analyzed in other regions. Needless to say, if everything happens in good spirits in this Tower of Babel made up of jurors from fifty countries, rigor is present, ensuring the legitimacy of the medals, and giving laureates a promotional tool internationally. Baudouin Havaux, the president, who took over along the way to make their competition the success it has become today, announced the appointment of his son Quentin as director.