Jean-Paul Jauffret | |
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Born | Bordeaux, France | August 22, 1930
Nationality | French |
Other names | JPJ |
Occupation(s) | Vintner Deputy mayor of Bordeaux |
Known for | Tennis player Businessman President of CIVB |
Relatives | François Jauffret (brother) Loïc Courteau (nephew) |
Awards | Légion d'honneur National Order of Merit |
Jean-Paul Jauffret is a French oenologist, business manager, politician and tennis player, born August 22, 1930 in Bordeaux, eldest of a famous French tennis family [1] [2]
He is a veteran team world champion on several occasions, French university champion in 1951 and French cadet champion in 1946.
One of the figures of Bordeaux wine [3] of the second half of the 20th century, he devoted a large part of his life to the wine sector. In particular, he managed the CVBG-Dourthe-Kressmann trading house and created the Vinexpo. [4] [5] trade fair in 1981. He was elected president of the Bordeaux Interprofessional Wine Council and a permanent member of the Bordeaux Wine Academy.
He contributed to the arrival of Alain Juppé at the town hall of Bordeaux [6] and in 1995 became his deputy for Finance, allowing the municipality to straighten out its accounts and reduce its debt, [7] and playing an important role in the transformations of the city (tramway, pedestrianization of the city center, rehabilitation of the quays, opening of the city on its right bank). He also brought the world of wine closer to the city [8] by relaunching the wine festival in 1998, abandoned since 1909. [9]
He began his career in 1952 at Château Maucaillou after a law degree at the University of Bordeaux, then managed the Dourthe Frères trading house, which he developed and which later became CVBG-Dourthe-Kressmann. [10]
In 1988, he launched Dourthe number 1 with oenologist Denis Dubourdieu. Initially a research project, aiming to create a quality white wine at an affordable price by selecting plots throughout the Bordeaux vineyard and aging the wine in oak barrels, in the manner of great châteaux wines. [11] This vintage, subsequently named “Dourthe no 1” and available in red and rosé. [12] Two million bottles are produced each year, half of which are sold abroad where it is marketed in 56 countries. [11]
In 1970, he was elected president of the wine merchants' union. [13] During the wine crisis, when he was president of the merchants, but also particularly appreciated by winegrowers for his successive positions in favor of a "decent" price for Bordeaux wine, [13] he was elected President of the Bordeaux Interprofessional Wine Council in 1972, where he was at the origin of important reforms on quality, communication with the general public and the protection of winegrowers in difficulty. It has therefore set up a bonus system for sellers not exceeding the optimum prices set by the CIVB. [14] He also negotiated a lighter regime for wine within the framework of the Évin law. [15] Following his mandate, he was named honorary president of the institution. [15]
In 1981, he created Vinexpo, which he wanted to create a world wine fair, not limited to Bordeaux wine, against the advice of part of the profession which took a dim view of the presence of French and foreign competitors. Vinexpo has since established itself as the world wine fair, and takes place each year alternating in Bordeaux, New York and Hong Kong. The event attracts more than 45,000 visitors, 2,500 exhibitors (half of whom are foreigners) as well as hundreds of journalists, sommeliers and starred chefs. Jean-Paul Jauffret remained president of Vinexpo until 1996 before handing over to Claude Taittinger, CEO of Taittinger [16] champagne. He was then elected honorary president of the show.
He will reiterate his ambition to make Bordeaux the world capital of wine during the creation of the Cité du Vin, for which he helps to raise the funds. This museum of wine civilizations will be inaugurated on May 31, 2016 in the presence of Alain Juppé and François Hollande [17] in an emblematic building in the shape of a vine designed by architects Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazières [18] and by the British scenography agency Casson Mann.
He has been a permanent member of the Bordeaux Wine Academy since 1990. [19]
He was vice-president of the supervisory board of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou from 1999 to 2020. [20]
A graduate of oenology from the Faculty of Bordeaux in his first class in 1965, he is president of its alumni association. [20]
Coming from a prominent French tennis family, he was introduced to tennis at an early age by his father André Jauffret at the Villa Primrose club [21] alongside his brothers, including François who would become a professional tennis player and the top French number for multiple years. [22]
Jauffret was the French junior champion in 1946 and a university champion in 1951. [23] He competed in the second round of the French Open in 1953. [24]
He was a multiple-time French champion and regularly won the world veteran team championship title during the 1990s. [25]
Elected as vice-president and then president of the Aquitaine tennis league in 1997, [26] he has also been a member of the Federal Arbitration Commission of the French Tennis Federation since 2012.
He was also the president of the board of directors of Bordeaux's Creps. [27] [28]
As the end of Jacques Chaban-Delmas' final term as mayor approached, Jean-Paul Jauffret worked to bring Alain Juppé, [29] then Prime Minister of France, to the mayorship of Bordeaux. [30]
Appointed in 1995 as deputy for finance, he helped the city recover its finances and reduce its debt, [1] and connected the world of wine to the city [31] by relaunching the wine festival, which had been abandoned since 1909. [32] He remained deputy for finance until 2012, contributing to the transformation of Bordeaux with the introduction of the tramway, pedestrianization of the center, rehabilitation of the docks, and opening of the city to its right bank, notably with the construction of the Jacques-Chaban-Delmas bridge and the initial steps of the Simone-Veil bridge.
Unusually, during the 2006 elections for the mayor and his deputies, he won not only the votes of his majority but also a vote from the opposing PS-PC [33] party, thus obtaining more votes than Mayor Alain Juppé.
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