Hubert Ewbank is the managing director and co-founder of Chant d’Eole in Quivy, the largest vineyard in the country. Wine, which has an international reputation, is produced there on 54 hectares. Could this production expand in the future?
From Chantel d’Eole to Vin de Liège, Belgium is now – and especially over the last 10 years – capable of making great wines. “There are lots of great successes, that’s what we need to remember”enthuses Hubert Ewbank on the set of Signatures this December 18.
This reality is due to the will of producers but also to changing climatic conditions. Climate change is indeed allowing the country to develop this industry. “It’s really a real diversification project for farmers,” admits the winemaker. “Belgium has truly become a land capable of making good wines. We really have a country, an exceptional terroir, a climate really made for that, and we really have some great successes already in Belgium.”
A bad year
However, wine production remains dependent on the climate. Bad weather made 2024 a particularly difficult year for wine production in Belgium. Climatic variations which will have an impact on the vintage. “This is undoubtedly the weakest harvest we have had, despite everything qualitative”says Hubert Ewbank, general director and co-founder of Chant d’Eole in Quivy. “Unfortunately, there will be a few fewer bottles in two years.” since it takes two years to release a bottle.
Fortunately for the producer, the estate was expanded. “It makes up for that a little bit.”
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