30 MILLION YEARS FROM THE RECOGNITIONS
1989 – 2019
This December 2019, Marie-Hélène Yung-Théron is at the head of Château de Portets since 1989 It celebrates its 30th vintage.
A third-generation vintage that joins the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary. On this occasion, the owner wanted to enlist the work of the illustrator Polina Vichniakoff, who managed to do so with humor. trace the 30 years of its wine-making history.
With a caustic pen stroke, the artist delivers a comic strip that retraces the journey of a woman who managed, in a world of men, to raise the Château de Portets and give it its own identity. a place of its own on the Bordeaux wine scene.
A work in the image of the one that will be celebrated in December: a woman of determination, dynamic and overflowing with ideas and ambition; the goals that were hers were able to be carried out with pride. This area is rich in wine and history.
Marie-Hélène likes to quote Napoleon Bonaparte «The art of being both very daring and very cautious is the art of success.» EXHIBITION OF 30/50TH-CENTURY BD AT THE CHATEAU DE PORTETS FROM DECEMBER 12, 2019
