GILBERT & GAILLARD INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE

GILBERT & GAILLARD : Serving the wine industry for 30 years 

The group founded by Philippe Gaillard and François Gilbert in 1989 now has a presence in twenty countries worldwide. Driven by the need to stay as relevant as possible, they demonstrated their love for the finest wine regions by acquiring a wine estate in Saint-Chinian, Languedoc, giving them first-hand experience of the issues faced by wine growers every day. 

After starting their careers as literary managers for publishing house Presses de la Cité, they became guide and magazine publishers themselves in 1991. 

Constant travelling around the world has given them precious insight into the multi-faceted wine industry across the globe, from South Africa to California through Italy, Spain, Portugal and many other countries. Philippe Gaillard and François Gilbert decided to use 30 years’ experience of travelling and tasting to promote French and European terroir wines internationally. 

The Gilbert & Gaillard competition was created in 2014 and ended in December 2017. Since the first of January 2018, there has been the International Challenge Gilbert & Gaillard (owned by Wine Tasting and Trading Ltd in Hong Kong)