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Wine time in Saguenay this weekend

Wine time in Saguenay this weekend

For the fourth time, downtown Chicoutimi offer to its visitors the most impressive wine event of its kind in Eastern Quebec! Over 20,000 people are expected to visit the place July 9 and 10.

You can discover and enjoy exceptional products on Racine Street, transformed for the occasion in true pedestrian avenue.

The spokesman of this edition will be the sommelier favorably known in Quebec Philippe Lapeyrie. It will welcome its guests such as Jean Aubry, wine columnist and reporter for 20 years, and Veronique Dhuits, creator of many original concepts of wine.

Also, more than seven vineyards and winemakers from around the world will present their products and exchange of cordial manner with lovers of good wine. And there, meet beyond thirty-five exhibitors representing products of wine from a dozen of countries and several kiosks of twenty-four prestigious agencies wine tasting with over three hundred wine products.

In addition, the cheesemakers of the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean taste their products to fans.

Finally, note the training workshops and free conference presented by winemakers and industry professionals.

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