The members of the association of the free commune of Saint-Brice met this Tuesday, June 9, at the Abbeys of Saint-Brice, in Chartres. And the emblematic president, Jacky Baroche, in place since 1977, was disappointed: “The fifteenth edition of the harvest festival scheduled for September 26 and 27, 2020 is postponed to September 25 and 26, 2021.”
The free commune of Saint-Brice awaits volunteers for the harvest of the Chartres vines
The poster mock-up, which sits in the room, was ready, but has not been edited. The demonstration usually attracts more than 12,000 visitors, its cancellation is a halt for the association which had tied up its file before the confinement:
“The people and the speakers came from several departments. It was a meeting which met with growing popular success. “
Jacky baroche (President of the association of the free commune of Saint-Brice)
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The association also lost a dozen customers who rented the 5,000 m² plot of Clos des Trois-Ponts. Or a loss of around € 6,000.
Open doors
The organizers are therefore focusing on the next edition for which partners and stakeholders are already requested.
Back in pictures: the 2017 vintage of Chartres rosé bottled
In the meantime, the free commune of Saint-Brice is preparing open houses on September 26 and 27. An opportunity to present the activities of the association, the history of the district and its Chartres rosé.
The volunteers have also validated another project:
“We are going to plant at least three hundred vines this year near the existing five hundred. We only have two resin tanks. We will have to invest in a third. “
Jacky baroche (President of the association of the free commune of Saint-Brice)
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Thierry Delaunay
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