INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
OF WINE BROTHERHOODS
FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE
DES CONFRÉRIES BACHIQUES
The F.I.C.B. Diploma of Honour is selectively awarded :
Either to persons having ceased their mandate as member of the Executive Committee of F.I.C.B. who have paid eminent services to the federation through their personal engagement. This engagement may have been materialized by their success in attracting new active members, their eminent contribution to the orientation and implementation of the activities and events of the federation and/or their personal international exposure;
Or to persons whose international reputation and achievements related the production, retail, promotion of wine or expertise in wine tasting are proven. They should also have demonstrated their support to the values of the wine brotherhoods and to F.I.C.B., for example by being personally involved in a wine brotherhood, by having been inducted in several or by having contributed significantly to the success of F.I.C.B. international events and renown.
We give below the recipients of this Honorary Diploma up to date as of November 1, 2020
2015
Grand Chancellor of the Conseil des Echansons de France
President of F.I.C.B. from 1984 to 2014
Enologist - Director of the Paris Wine Museum
Deputy-general secretary of F.I.C.B. until 2014
Vice-Governor of the Noble Confrérie des Olifants du Bas-lac de Neuchâtel (Suisse)
Permanent secretary of the Federation of Swiss gastronomic and wine brotherhoods
Secretary-general of F.I.C.B. until 2014
Vice-Sénéchal of the Ordre des Chevaliers Bretvins (France) since 1985
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for the North of France from 2010 to 2014
Grand Master of Ordre des Chevaliers de la Syrah et Roussette
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. until 2014
O.E.V.E. Slovenia
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for Slovenia until 2014
Confraria del Cava San Sadurni (Espagne)
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for Spain until 2014
2018
O.E.V.E. Slovenia
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for Slovenia from 2015 to 2017
2020
Former Grand Master of the Echansonnerie des Papes (Châteauneuf-du Pape)
Former Grand Master of the Echansonnerie des Papes (Châteauneuf-du Pape)
Former Grand Master of the Echansonnerie des Papes (Châteauneuf-du Pape)
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for Switzerland until 2020
2015
Enologist and producer
2016
Wine maker for the top range wines of the Gallo Group
Producer in Burgundy and California
2017
Producer in North America, particularly in the State of Washington
Wine maker of Port wines
2018
Geographer and specialist of the "terroirs"
2019
Producer of fine wines in Oregon and founder of the International Pinot Noir Celebration
2020
Pharmacist, great producer of Barolo and promoter of the white truffle of Alba
2021
International medical authority and producer of fine wines in Oregon and New-Zealand
Harry PALLADA is an architest, specialised in historical monuments, reknown internationally. He wad president of the Dutch Association of the Friends of Wine for some ten years and has been inducted in numerous wine brotherhoods in Europe.
2022
Doctor in oenology from the University of Lubljana, has highly controibuted to the development and quality of the Slovenian vineyards and wines.
Renowned wine personality in California, has acquired international recognition, i.a. by founding and deloping Wine Travels International
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