59 successful international families of wine • winemakers for generations •the perfect match between tradition and innovation • inside stories abouttheir passion for wines and vines

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03 ......Editorial 06...... Aveleda SA

A family passion applied to wine

08...... Boisset Dynamism from the heart of Burgundy

10...... Bouvet Ladoubay The gem of the Loire

12...... Casa Bianchi Writing wine history

14...... Champagne Boizel In the tradition of the greatest Champagnes

16...... De Bortoli An Italian-Australian dynasty

18...... Marchesi di Barolo Out of love for Barolo

20...... Weingut Baumgartner Work of generations

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22...... Cantine Capetta Terroir plus grit and determination

24...... Carpene Malvolti

Five generations of fine spar-kling wine and distillates

25...... Cecchi A love affair with wine

26...... Cavino Open to innovation

28...... Château de Minière A complete wine experience

29...... J. Chivite Family Estates Spanish export pioneer

30...... Concha y Toro An ambassador for Chile

32...... Marchesi De’ Frescobaldi Rooted in Tuscany, internationally significant

33...... Endrizzi The lawyer of Trentino

34...... Ferrari F. LLI Lunelli Life at Italy’s pinnacle

35...... Gruppo Viniculo

Fantinel A dedication to service

36...... Greek Wine Cellars D. Kourtakis More than just retsina

38...... Grant Burge The baron of the Barossa

40...... González Byass Five generations strong

41...... Hoffmann & Rathbone A sparkling new English venture

42...... Jaboulet Aîné The greatness of la Chapelle

44...... Les Grands Chais des France An Alsace family business

46...... Littore Family Wines Sicilian pioneers in Victoria, Australia

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47...... Lurton A family of fine wines

48...... Laurent Miquel Revolution in the Languedoc

50...... Montes SA Wines at the pinnacle of Chile

52...... Bodegas Muga A great tradition from Rioja

54...... Marques de Murrieta Historic greatness from Spain

56...... Meerlust Estate A South African flagship producer

58...... Weingut Georg Müller Stiftung Drink wine and contribute to a charitable cause

60...... Ômina Romana Bringing an ancient region to life

62...... José Pariente When persistence pays off

63...... Paladin Spa Elegant wines from tough soils

64...... p&f Wineries Refreshing wines from Slovenia

66...... Quinta da Plansel Head over heels in love with Portugal

68...... Bodega Ruca Malen Nectar of the gods

69...... Roqueta Origen Roqueta: Committed to the territory since 1199

70...... Cantine Luigi Sgarzi In the heart of Emilia-Romagna

71...... Rodriguez Sanzo A successful husband and wife team

72...... Schenk Swiss Europeans

74...... Schug Estate German craftsmanship with California flair

76...... Sileni Estates A business that anticipates tomorrow

78...... Félix Solís avantis Spain’s modest giant

80...... Cantine Tinazzi A very modern Italian company

81...... Champagne Thiénot A remarkable rise in Champagne

82...... Evangelos Tsantalis Determined visionary

84...... Miguel Torres A Spanish family

86...... Valdo Spumanti An early pioneer of Prosecco

88...... Sektmanufaktur Schloss Vaux Unique sparkling wine production

90...... Villa Maria A New Zealand pioneer

91...... Velenosi Vini Revolution through tradition

92...... Avelino Vegas One big family

93...... Weingut Weegmüller Palatinate roots

94...... Holz-Weisbrodt Where you and your taste feel at home

95...... De Wetshof Champions for South Africa

96...... Casa Vinicola Zonin Vintners since 1821

98...... Masthead

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After her marriage to the Marchese di Barolo, Juliette Colbert de Maulévrier fell in love again – but her husband

had no reason to be jealous, as the object of her passion was the Nebbiolo vine. It was Juliette Colbert de Maulévrier who recognised the potential of the vines on the soils of lime, clay, marl and tufa in the Piedmont microclimate. She set up the wine cellar and named the wine after its place of origin, according to the French tradition.

She thus brought Italy’s most prestig-ious wine to the world – Barolo. Many other vintners and even more wine lov-ers have also fallen in love with the wine. The Marchese di Barolo, and also his wife, were both very committed to the welfare of their fellow men. They built several schools, a home for young moth-ers, used parts of the Palazzo di Barolo in

Turin as a home for workers’ children, and founded a monastery.

However, in 1864, the Marchesa, now called Giulia di Barolo Falletti, died childless, thus ending the line of the Marchesi di Barolo. Her material inheritance was put into the Opera Pia Barolo Foundation which was set up to continue her charitable work. She also left behind her love of Barolo as a legacy that is accessible to everyone.

Pietro Abbona received a great deal from this intangible legacy. In 1895, he began

working in his father‘s winery, but his dream was the Marchesi di Barolo win-ery. He wanted to go to the place where Barolo had started out and from where it began its triumphal advance to become the wine of kings. In 1929, Pietro Abbona finally achieved his dream and, together with his brother Ernesto and their sisters Celestina and Marina, acquired the winery.

His arrival not only brought a new lus-tre to the famous producer, it also ush-ered in a new era for Barolo. For prov-en Barolo-specialists such as Massimo

Marchesi di Barolo Out of love for Barolo

The story of Marchesi di Barolo is a love story that has been going on for more than 200 years. It began in 1807, when the Marchese di Barolo, Carlo Tancredi Falletti, fell in love with the French aristocrat Juliette Colbert de Maulévrier.

Barolo ambassadors backed by tradition: Ernesto, Valentina, Anna and Davide Abbona

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Martinelli, Pietro Abbona is the first of the pioneers of Barolo. He succeed-ed in spreading the reputation of Baro-lo far beyond its Piedmont home. He dealt reverently with the lega-cy that he was now able to continue. His great respect for the creators of Barolo is especially evident in the cellar. Pietro Abbona kept and cherished the wine barrels in which Marchesa Giulia created Barolo from Nebbiolo gapes. This legacy has been preserved to this day. Five of the winery‘s very first barrels are still used for ageing the wines. It is as though the Barolo held by the ‘botti della marchesa’ for two centuries had

given them something of its longevity.The love of Barolo has been passed on within the Abbona family from one gen-eration to the next. Anna and Ernesto Abbona are the fifth generation to man-age the winery. While Ernesto takes care of the production and management, Anna is a tireless ambassador for Barolo and represents the wines on numerous

trips. Their children are also ready to con-tinue the family history. Their son Davide is taking his winemaking education fur-ther at university, while their daughter Valentina is now fully involved in market-ing the estate. She previously spent a year in Asia in order to gain a better under-standing of the local market.

The Abbonas are proud of their heritage and the fact that the wines of Marchesi di Barolo are still among the best exam-ples from the region and are highly sought after around the world. Their motto is to combine tradition and evolution. As Pietro Abbona was, they are committed to the traditional methods but, at the same time, they want to present Barolo in a con-temporary way. A beautiful way for visi-tors to the winery to enjoy it is to spend time in the restaurant created by Anna Abbona. The winery is a tourist magnet in Piedmont, attracting 40,000 visitors each year who then take their love of Barolo, fostered here, back home with them.

The family’s bond with Barolo starts with the vines. The aim is to promote the biodiversity of the vineyard. This will give the soil vitality and fertility, bene-fiting the vines and ultimately the wine. A particular challenge for the wine- grower are the historic crus. It is a vocation

for the vintner to transfer the uniqueness of these sites into the wine. This requires a close familiarity with the land and a lot of flexibility in the cellar in order to be able to respond to each of the crus – and Marchesi di Barolo boasts some of the most prestigious crus in the Barolo area: Cannubi is a site characterised by lime, which is protected from extreme weath-er conditions by the surrounding hills. Coste di Rose is a very steep site with a high quartzite content. Sarmassa faces south-east and has very stony soil.

The wines originating from these sites have an extremely long life. The fam-ily is especially proud of this longevity of Barolo. Here too, the family is main-taining its traditional heritage, keeping in its cellar several bottles from the 19th century. At special tasting events, these antique wines radiate the magic of Baro-lo to wine lovers.

INFOCantine dei Marchesi di Barolo S.P.A.Via Alba, 1212060 Barolo CNItalyTel: +39 0173 564400Fax: +39 0173 564444

One of the bestplaces for Barolo

When one considers some of the world’s most success-ful and most famous winer-ies, it is striking how many

have passed from one family to anoth-er. And how often those transitions have been responsible for a dramatic improve-ment in the quality of their wine. There are few better examples of that happen-ing than Paul Jaboulet Aîné, owners of the iconic la Chapelle vineyard, and a name that has long been synonymous with the red wines of the Rhône Val-ley. As a result of earlier records having been lost, nobody knows precisely how

many generations of the Jaboulet family were making wine in this region before an ambitious 27-year-old called Antoine started his company in 1834. It is known, however, that when he died 30 years later, a successful business passed into the hands of his twin sons, Paul and Henri, and that it was Paul, the eldest – l’aîné- after whom it would then be known. The year 1864 was, coincidentally, also when La Chapelle (or the Chapel of St Christopher as it is properly known), was built on the site of a tiny church that had originally been constructed in

1235 by a wounded knight, who became a hermit on his return from the crusades. And it was, of course, that hermit after whom the entire Hermitage hill on which it stands is named. Hermitage is undeniably among the finest places to grow grapes and make wine anywhere on earth. It was described by the Roman writers Martial and Pliny 2,000 years ago and the wine it produced was often used to add body to top Bordeaux until the late 19th century.

No part of the Hermitage hill produces better wine than the vertiginously steep collection of vineyards – a set of plots including les Bessards, les Greffieux, le Méal and les Rocoules – that collec-tively provide the grapes for Hermitage la Chapelle. The Jaboulet family had been buying vineyards in the area for a long time, and then in 1919 acquired the historic La Chapelle itself. Over

Jaboulet AînéThe greatness of la Chapelle

The iconic la Chapelle vineyard was already recognized by the Roman writers Martial and Pliny as one of the great wine soils of the world. Today, the company which owns that important piece of land has been renewed.

Caroline Frey

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the following seven decades they produced wines that often outclassed the finest efforts of Bordeaux. Indeed the 1961 is arguably an even more legendary example of that vintage than any first growth.

Although 1990 was another great historic vintage, during the ensuing decade the family busi-ness suffered an enormous blow. In 1997, Gérard Jaboulet one of the best-known, most generous and most widely-travelled mem-bers of the wine world suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of just 55. After Gérard Jaboulet’s death, as many influential critics noted, the company seemed to lack leadership and the wines failed to live up to expectations.

The purchase in January 2006 of Paul Jaboulet Aîné by Jean Jacques Frey, a businessman whose wine roots lay in Champagne, came as a relief to many lovers of its wines. The Freys may have been newcomers to the region, but the highly talented Caroline Frey had already shown how quickly she could get to grips with a combi-nation of unfamiliar vines and winery at Château la Lagune, which her family had bought in 1999.

Robert Parker spoke for many when he wrote a few years later that: “One needs no further evidence of the extraordinary turn around in the quality of the Jaboulet wines than what proprietress Caroline Frey has accomplished in 2009 as well as 2010. As I indicated last year, this is one of the great qualitative turn arounds in the wine world.”

While pointing out that both La Chapelle and La Lagune stand on the 45th par-allel, “the parallel of great wines”, Frey

herself clearly relishes comparing and contrasting the two estates’ very differ-ent terroirs and grapes. Indeed, in a nod to 19th century tradition, she has even blended Syrah from the Rhône with Cabernet Sauvignon grown on the white and pink pebbles of the Medoc. Ten thousand bottles were produced in 2010, labelled as ‘Evidence par Caroline’ and legally designated as a Vin de France. As she explains : “This idea came naturally from my frequent travels between our two family wine estates and my own curiosity about the outcome of the blend, hence its my own story. And I am so pleased to see [it] is successful with wine lovers and the wine trade.”

Apart from conducting fascinating experiments like this and confronting the annual challenge of ensur-ing that 2,000 cases or so of la Chapelle now fulfil their potential, Frey is at pains to remind listeners about the range of other wines she is responsible for at Paul Jaboulet Aîné. “In the Rhône Valley, Syrah, Marsanne and Roussanne not only find joy on the slopes of the Hermitage but also on the slopes of St. Joseph, Cornas, Côte Rôtie, Saint Péray and in the stony slopes of Crozes Hermitage. On the granite slopes of Condrieu, Viognier is king. Further south, we grow old vine Grenache and Mourvêdre for example on the stones of Châteauneuf du Pape….”

Understanding that the key to all great wines lies in the vineyards rather than the win-ery, Frey has begun to convert all of the viticulture to organic and biodynamic methods. Full certification is expected for the 2015 vintage and it is a pro-

ject of which Frey is particularly proud: “This is a big move that has been made for these historic estates. This brings… much expression of the terroir, the well-being of the vines and our winemak-ers”. There may no longer be Jaboulets at the helm of Paul Jaboulet Aîné, but the business is still very much a fami-ly concern and very definitely in very good hands.

INFODomaines Paul Jaboulet Aine Château La LaguneTel : +33 4 75 84 68 93 Fax : +33 4 75 84 56 14www.jaboulet.com

La Chapelle

Caroline and Jean Jacques Frey

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In every New World wine produc-ing country, there are inevitably a few pioneers who have played a crucial role in its evolution. Back in

1988, a small band of overseas visitors had already recognized the quality of Chile’s Cabernet Sauvignons and the potential of the country’s vineyards to produce world-beating wines, but the number of good producers was small. There were some large, family-owned companies making fine reds and whites, but there were also far too many exam-ples of basic wines from badly-tended vineyards, stored in unsuitable raulí wooden barrels. So Aurelio Montes and three partners bravely pooled their limited resources to launch a small business called Discover Wines, focused on showing how good wines from Chile could be. Montes, who was born in 1948, had discovered a taste for wine while young, thanks to the Undurraga Cabernet that his father used to drink. As a student at agricultural college, Montes found he preferred wine to the rum-and-Coke

favoured by his friends. Appropriately enough, once he graduated, Montes went on to become winemaker at Undurraga, where he remained for 12 years before taking the position of production man-ager at Viña San Pedro, one of the biggest wine companies in Chile.

Aged 39, he joined with friends Douglas Murray, a colleague at San Pedro, and Alfredo Vidaurre former financial strategist at San Pedro, to make wine from the grapes of a 30 ha plot of land, on which he had conducted vinous experiments while at the company. For production facilities, the trio turned to a fourth partner, Pedro Grand, owner of a winery in Curicó.

At first, the team’s ambitions were relatively modest: In the first year, they would sell 10,000 cases of the wine; in the second, 15,000; and in the third, 20,000. These estimates proved inaccurate. Thanks to Montes’s winemaking skills and Murray’s mar-keting know-how, sales rose over those years to 50,000 cases. The quartet also

decided to rename their wines Montes, in honour both of the winemaker and the mountains that offer a backdrop to Chile’s vineyards.

For many years, the four men contin-ued to run the business, earning the description by UK wine writer Oz Clarke as “the most charming hosts – generous with their time, generous with their knowledge – that you could possi-bly hope to meet.” Eventually, however,

Montes SAWines at the pinnacle of Chile

After Aurelio Montes had his life turned upside, he joined with colleagues to create a new wine venture. Today, Viña Montes is a flagship Chilean winery.

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Aurelio Montes

Montes, La Filca de Apalta Vineyard

The Montes family

Aurelio Montes and wife Bernardita

Grand sold his shares. The Garcés and Barros families joined as partners in 1999, bringing additional business knowledge and experience to the com-pany. Tragically, in 2008 and 2010, Vidaurre and then Murray both died while still in their 60s. Today, Aurelio Montes manages the winery with the help of a professional team.

Montes is now the seventh largest Chilean exporter selling its wines in 110 countries, with own vineyards in Chile’s premier regions. Part of the success of Viña Montes has come from the decision to plant the right grapes in the most appropriate vineyard, with the aim of producing premium wines. Montes pioneered the planting of vine-yards on steep slopes in the Apalta area of the Colchagua Valley which he’d known about since 1972, during his early years as a winemaker looking for quality grapes. A state-of-the-art winery built using Feng Shui principles was inaugu-rated here in 2004, where some 10,000 visitors per year are now made welcome.

The winery’s fame owes much to the success of the Montes Alpha range of wines. Back in 1988, the first real pre-mium wines from Chile at that time that showed the true potential of the Chilean wine industry. Today Mon-tes produces these wines under the

‘Sustainable Dry Farming’ philosophy, developed after years of research into using the precise amount of post-winter irrigation for each vineyard sector and grape variety. This has enabled the winery to reduce its water usage by 65% as of vintage 2012.

Further groundbreaking wines include Montes Alpha M, an elegant cuvée of Bordeaux varieties from Apalta; Mon-tes Folly, Chile’s first ultra-premi-um Syrah; and the dual-region Pur-ple Angel, an extraordinarily elegant wine that unites the best Carménère grapes from Apalta with the best Car-

ménère grapes from Marchigüe in the Colchagya Valley. In 2013, Montes released the first vintage of its first super-icon wine, Taita 2007, a result of more than three years of work; After Chilean terroir expert Pedro Par-ra, analysed the micro terroirs of the Marchigue Vineyard, a glacial area was found. As the glacier retreated, it left behind a very small parcel of stones and pebbles that has proven itself ‘golden’ terroir. It is from vines grown here that the grapes for Taita – 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, with Syrah and Carménere – are grown. Taita excited international attention and praise immediately upon release.

It is wines like these that help both to make Chile such an exciting country today – and to make Montes such a highly-respected member of not only of Chile’s wine community, but of the world of wine at large.

INFOAv. del Valle 945, of. 2611,Huechuraba, ChileTel: (56-2) 2248-4805 Fax: (56-2) 2248-4790www.monteswines.com

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Montes Feng Shui barrel room, Apalta Estate

The Montes vineyards, Colchagua Valley

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When Belgian couple Kathleen Van den Berghe and Sigurd Mareels first saw Château de Minière,

it was love at first sight. Nestled among the vineyards in France’s Loire Valley, Château de Minière looks like a build-ing from a fairytale.

The property so captivated them that Van den Berghe and Mareels bought it as much for its charm as for its winegrow-

ing abilities. With 18 hectares under vine – some of which are more than a century old – spread over three of the seven municipalities of the appellation (Ingrandes de Touraine, Restigné and Benais), they – along with winegrower Eric Goujat – produce a range of award-winning light- to full-bodied red wines that are 100% Cabernet Franc and 100% certified hand-harvested organic.

Promoting their organic practices, they believe that healthy soil is not only better for the environment, but it also ensures superior quality and flavour of the wine. Weeding between rows, adding organic materials, excluding chemical fertilizers, and ploughing under the rows are all practices employed.

From the moment Van den Berghe and Mareels took ownership, every step of the restoration has been con-ducted with a modern touch, but with

careful consideration for tradition and historic preservation. And there’s a lot to preserve — through the centuries the estate has served as a fortified farm, a mansion and the Château. It has been handed down through a line of wom-en for two centuries, beginning when Marie- Genevieve d’Espinay married Martial du Soulier in 1767, bringing him the property in her dowry.

The grounds offer a dynamic variety of plants from all over the world, from giant sequoias that are 150- to 200-years old, to the ‘tree of heaven’, a member of the Simaroubaceae family from China. Self-guided walks around the grounds are popular, as they are around the rest of the Château and vineyard. The bou-tique offers artisanal, wine-based prod-ucts such as pieces of art, jam, fruit on wine, gifts around wine, unique pieces of furniture, and more. And special activi-ties such as meals with assorted wines, wine tasting, vineyard activities, profes-sional seminars in the historic building, and even life coaching in the park are tailor-made for guests.

They are now experimenting with new styles of wines – in particular, ‘sparkling/pétillant naturel’ wines – becoming one of the first wineries to offer a 100% Cabernet Franc sparkling dry red.

This effort, as with everything else at Château de Minière, will be focused on how it complements the complete wine experience, as their goal is to leave guests with a strong connection to not only the Château’s wine, but to its environment and the conservation of its unique history.

Château de MinièreA complete wine experience

A château with a storied past and a couple with some progressive ideas have found each other in France’s Loire Valley. The Complete Wine Experience serves up fresh ideas in a fairytale setting.

INFOChâteau de Minière23 rue de Minière37140 Ingrandes-de- Touraine, FranceTel: +33 2 47 96 94 30www.chateaudeminiere.com

Kathleen Van den Berghe with Sofie Mareels, Sigurd Mareels and Simon Mareels

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The Velenosis have transfor-med the world of wine in the Marche region. When they established their vineyard in the

city of Ascoli Piceno, the wine-growing region was one of wine cooperatives and simple table wines. At the time the Velenosis’ plan to produce high quality wines appeared to be somewhat crazy. Added to this, the wine growing busi-ness in the Marche region at that time was very much a man‘s world. But it was Angela Velenosi’s get-up-and-go which drove her young company forward. Her motto, “Wine is the art of making the world dream,” has spurred the company on. In the beginning, she had only five hectares of vineyard available, which she devoted to local specialities: Rosso Piceno DOC and the white wine Falerio DOC. Having decided to strive for top quality wine, the young Velenosi Vini vineyard became a role model for

the other producers in the region.

The vineyard grew quickly and, by 1995, there were already 35 hectares of vineyard under cultivation. At the same time, the Velenosis invested in modern wine- growing technology and became trailblazers in this respect too. Today, grapes from 145 hectares are gathered in their cellars and 2.3 million bottles of wine produced. Most of the wines are exported to many countries of the world, including Germany, the USA and China. The company has increased its staff and now has 20 full-time employees. One special employee is Angela’s son, Mat-teo, who qualified as an oenologist in Tuscany and supports his father Ercole in the cellar. However, the driving force is still Angela Velenosi. She is not only the face of her own vineyard, but also that of the wine-growing region. In 2013, she was elected president of the Vini Pice-ni consortium, having previously been awarded the title of Cavaliere del lavoro.

Her services are very much respected not least because Velenosi Vini has always worked hard for local Marche specialities. The indigenous gra-pe varieties of Passerina, Pecorino and Lacrima di Morra d’Alba have impor-tant parts to play in the product portfo-lio. Even the Vino di Visciola wild cher-ry wine speciality, a wine which is hardly known in the region itself, is included in the range. In contrast, internatio-nal grape varieties such as Chardonnay,

Pinot Nero or Merlot are only used to a limited degree, primarily in Ludi. Nevertheless, the latter and Il Roggio del Filare are the vineyard‘s jewels in the crown for red wine. However, as a Rosso Piceno Superiore DOC, Il Roggio del Filare again highlights the traditions of the Marche region.

Despite the comprehensive range and the enormous growth, Angela Velenosi is far from fatigued: “All in all, we have done a lot of work, but a lot more is possible.” She is certain that, through serious effort and talent, the professionalism of the vineyard can be further increased, thus advancing her own development, as well as that of the vineyard and the region.

Velenosi ViniRevolution through tradition

Angela Velenosi was just 20 years old when she founded Velenosi Vini with her husband, Ercole. Maybe she needed to be young to believe in such a seemingly impossible undertaking.

INFOVelenosi srlVia dei brancospini 1163100 Ascoli PicenoItalyTel: +39 0736 341218Fax: +39 0736 346706www.velenosivini.cominfo@velenosivini.com

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One of the oldest and greatest dynasties operating in the world’s most famous winegrowing region, Bordeaux, the Lurtons have also branched out interna-tionally, with the forays of various family members into other regions throughout Europe and the southern hemisphere.

The Lurton flag flies over more than 30 vineyards worldwide, accounting for 1,300 hectares of viticultural land.

You won’t find a group like ours anywhere else. We’re the only family in the world to have so many of its members all working in the wine industry.

While each has their own individual business, synergies between these different branches of the family tree naturally occur from time to time.

We appreciate that the Lurton fam-ily name is now a recognisable brand. That’s why we’re so keen to promote and cherish it, even if alongside this each individual family member is nurturing and developing their own message under their own first name.

By working together like this, we like to think we’re giving those within our industry (buyers, the press, opinion leaders, etc.) a clearer insight into our individual differences in terms of who we are and what we do.

Our family’s involvement in such a high calibre range of business activities makes us extremely proud of what we produce. We’re delighted to be able to share our passion for wine with you, so relax and browse away!

Lurton A family of fine wines

The Lurton wine group comprises all members of the extensive Lurton family working in the wine industry, of which there are currently thirteen. Vinexpo 2009 saw the clan become a single marketing entity, presented in detail online at: www.lurton.com

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office@jacqueslurton.comwww.lurton.com

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Anyone who has ever visited a Palatinate wine bar could tell you a thing or two about that. For the Weisbrodt family, whose

fourth generation now operates the Holz- Weisbrodt wine estate in Weisenheim am Berg, this is a key aspect of their identity. They are not only wine-growers who cultivate their vines in northern Palatinate with care and expertise - earlier genera-tions having made their living as farmers and coopers like the company‘s founder Karl Holz (1908) - but also hosts. Hosts and family. The idea is that anyone who appreciates good wine and good food is naturally part of the family. So, welcome!

It is therefore only fitting that customers should become guests, quite literally. The winery has no less than three hospitality areas: The Stammhaus (main house), a traditional Palatinate wine bar which has been part of the family right from the beginning; the Atrium, a chic Tuscan-style wine bar with panoramic views, opened in 2005, which is home to enjoyment and cosmopolitan savoir vivre; and the Secco-Hütte, built in 2011, where the dominant atmosphere is one of simple Palatinate zest for life. Each location corresponds to a wine range from the estate (which also produces some notable sparkling wines), from tasty and down-to-earth to sophisticated, high-quality and elegant. The top range is named after the winemaker Sebastian Weisbrodt and bears his hallmarks of international experience, creativity and perfection. Teasing out varie-tal, characterful, multifaceted wines which are unmistakably marked by the vintage and the conditions of the Palatinate from the integrated, naturally cultivated terroir

is both a challenge and an endorsement for Sebastian Weisbrodt year after year. The winery therefore attracts connoisseurs of all persuasions and generations to its tastings.

This ‘family’ of bon viveurs has grown considerably in size, as demonstrated by the large number of regulars at their numerous events. For the Weisbrodt family - namely Willibald and Helga Weisbrodt, their son Sebastian, who is responsible for the winery and the wines and his brother Christian (who takes care of sales and marketing), as well as his wife Simone and other members of the family - having a large extended family brings its own joie de vivre and is of real value in itself. The secret? See above. It is just fun to share one’s passion for good things with others. Vintages change, but this remains the same. And, as the Weisbrodts know, every bottle contains, “the energy, creativity and passion of all the generations working in the company.”

Holz-Weisbrodt Where you and your taste feel at home

As social beings, people – especially those from Germany‘s Palatinate region! – do not like to sit at the table alone. Things taste even better with others, and it‘s just nice to chat over a glass of wine and some good food.

INFOWeingut Holz WeisbrodtLeistadter Straße 2567273 Weisenheim am BergTel: +49 6353/93610Fax: +49 6353/936161info@holz-weisbrodt.dewww.holz-weisbrodt.de

Willibald, Christian, Helga and Sebastian Weisbrodt

The team behind Holz Weisbrodt

Publication date: End of 2016 up to February 2017

Circulation: 100.000 copies

Language: German & English

Distribution: Supplement in all Meininger publications: Weinwirtschaft, Meiningers Weinwelt, Meiningers Sommelier, Getränke Zeitung, fizzz & Meininger’s Wine Business International.

Advertising deadline: 31 July 2016

What’s it all about: The 3rd edition “Families of Wine” will again focus on profiles of internationally operating wine families and their wines with strong aims at exports. The profile comprises a good read about personalities, history, philosophy, the most important wines and quality directions. A QR-Code will be implemented on the profile page, which will lead directly to the homepage. Families who have already participated in the first or second edition can show what has happened since the last publication, show new projects, new wines or changes within the family business. There will be two versions, one in German and one in English with the same content. Distribution starts at the end of 2016 throughout all Meininger magazines. 10.000 copies in English will be internationally distributed with Meininger’s Wine Business International. 90.000 copies in German throughout Weinwirtschaft, Meiningers Weinwelt, Meiningers Sommelier, fizzz and Getränke Zeitung. Your profile will reach all important target groups like consumers, the trade, wholesalers, sommeliers, as well as bar and restaurant owners. Of course we will also make the third edition available online.

Pricing: Profile one page: 2.475 Euro (not including VAT) Profile double page: 3.475 Euro (not including VAT)

Services by Meininger: Competent editorial creation of your profile, professional lay out, eloquent translation of your profile into English, 50 copies of the supplement will be send to you, data of your profile in print quality by request.

How to be part of it: After we have received your order confirmation our editorial department will contact you and tell you which kind of information and photo material (rights must be in the hand of the customer) shall be provided up to what deadline. You will have the chance to have a look at your profile and make corrections (one time) before final printing.

Project management: Jörg Sievers Phone: +49 6321 8908-67 E-Mail: sievers@meininger.de

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