Jean-Paul Jauffret
Jean-Paul Jauffret | |
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| Born | August 22, 1930 Bordeaux, France |
| 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
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 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. 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 French Prime Minister Alain Juppé as mayor of Bordeaux and in 1995 became his deputy for Finance, with a legacy of reducing the city's debt, 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 by relaunching the wine festival in 1998, abandoned since 1909.