Founded in 1970, EGV-France is a professional union governed by the law of 1884. It unites at a national level about 30 regional unions so regrouping the wine houses of all the important French viticultural regions: Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne etc.

      EGV-France is, therefore, representative of over 1,400 companies

      - they have a turnover of about 70 billion French francs (or 10 billion Euros),
      - nearly half of this comes from exports,
      - they employ roughly 15,000 employees,
      - they ship over 35 million hectolitres of wine, of which the majority is AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée).

      EGV-France maintains continual consultation with the French organisations representing the viticultural concerns. This is in order to modify the political, economic and administrative decisions in a direction, which encourages the development of the companies of Great Wines of France.

      The member companies are permanently informed and up-dated about their problems and the current regulations through the Intranet site "Le Guide V & S"(the "Wine and Spirit Guide"). Access is limited to members.