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Pascal Madevon
Vine and wine consultant Pascal Madevon.
If not heaven, the Okanagan is the surely the next best place for Pascal Madevon. The Bordeaux-trained winemaker’s impressive credentials include making top notch Okanagan wines since moving to the Okanagan from France in 2001. Looking to expand his horizons, he took the giant leap and started a vine and wine consultancy business, “Pascal Madevon Signature”.
After a 10-year stint as winemaker and vineyard manager at Château Tour Blanche in Bordeaux, Madevon was hired to manage the South-Okanagan-based vineyard and winery facility for Osoyoos Larose, a joint venture between Groupe Taillon and Vincor Canada (currently known as Constellation Brands). In 2013, he was lured by Don Triggs to play a key role in building Culmina Family Estate Winery. Along with his new venture, he continues to provide initial training and assistance to Culmina’s new winemaker, Jean-Marc Enixon.
At Culmina, he managed the 2016 crush. “After explaining the ins and outs of the system and strategies, I am now only involved in an as needed basis,” Madevon says.
At Liber Farm & Winery, a 7 acre property with an artisanal approach to winemaking launched in 2016 at the south end of the Similkameen Valley, Madevon is tasked with providing assistance and training in all areas of the operation from managing the vineyard to pumping juice over the cap during fermentation and cleaning barrels prior to use.
For One Faith Vineyards, an off-the-grid producer of handcrafted, small lot wines, Madevon also serves as spokesperson at prestigious wine events.
From sourcing land and equipment, crop thinning and recruitment to winery design and blending, Madevon brings, a classically-trained expert viticulturist and oenologist, along with his impressive credentials and experience. He counts teaching and training clients, sharing his expertise and knowledge, as one of his passions. Stressing the diverse conditions, equipment and people in the stretch of wine growing between Kamloops and Osoyoos, Madevon explains: “The experience I’ve acquired over the last seven months, I never had in the past 15 years.”
