The Abbots and the Council
«La liste de ses révérends et seigneurs Abbés est comme le livre d’or de la bourgeoisie veveysanne» G. Renaud, La Fête des Vignerons de Vevey, Vevey, 1905
The Brotherhood of Winegrowers is an off-shoot of the Vevey bourgeoisie, or citizenry. The Abbot-Presidents (presidents of the Brotherhood Council) were usually, and still are, members of the town council, lawyers, notaries or judges.
In 1797, in the early days of the Vaudois Revolution, for the first time a doctor, Louis Levade, held the highest function within the Association of Agriculture. This was an exception.
The Abbots of the Vevey Brotherhood of Winegrowers
| Beginning | XVIIe | Barbier F. | |
| 1647 | Virtuous and prudent | Montet | Chrétien |
| 1661 | Virtuous and prudent | Dufour | François |
| 1683 | Virtuous and prudent | Falconnet | André |
| 1689 | Virtuous and prudent | Chastelain | Adam |
| 1724 | Mr. | Pilisser | François-Louis |
| 1725 | Mr. | Pasteur | Jean-Marc |
| 1735 | Mr. | Ronjat | Etienne |
| 1737 | Mr. | Granier | François |
| 1753 | Mr. | Marindin | Pierre |
| 1754 | Mr. | Graz | Jean-Pierre |
| 1771 | Mr. | Nicod | Pierre-François |
| 1783 | Mr. | Delom | Jean-François |
| 1797 | Mr. | Levade | Louis |
| 1821 | Mr. | Grenier | Louis |
| 1833 | Mr. | Doret | Vincent |
| 1835 | Mr. | Dupont | Louis |
| 1845 | Mr. | Déjoux | François |
| 1857 | Mr. | Cuénod | Jules |
| 1863 | Mr. | Collomb | Edouard |
| 1864 | Mr. | Bonjour | Louis |
| 1866 | Mr. | Loude | Alfred |
| 1880 | Mr. | Baron | Louis |
| 1887 | Mr. | Cérésole | Paul |
| 1899 | Mr. | Gaudard | Emile |
| 1941 | Mr. | Gétaz | Emile |
| 1952 | Mr. | Dénéréaz | David |
| 1971 | Mr. | Loude | Alfred |
| 1976 | Mr. | Dénéréaz | Philippe |
| 1993 | Mr. | Chaudet | Marc-Henri |
| 2005 | Mr. | Châtelain | André |
| 2012 | Mr. | Margot | François |
Paul Cérésole (1832-1905), former Federal Councillor and Abbot of the Brotherhood at the 1889 Winegrowers Festival.
The Abbot and his Councillors, 1791 Parade