Origins of PFV:
PFV was established in 1991.
This distinguished association originated from two individuals: Robert Drouhin of Joseph Drouhin Winery and Miguel Torres of Torres Family Winery.
On a summer afternoon in 1991, two of the world's top wine producers were walking in the vineyards, talking about the complexities of winemaking and the challenges of their family's management experience.
Robert Drouhin and Miguel Torres realized that they were not just facing some similar business problems, but how they were committed to continuing the values ??of excellence and traditional winemaking.
Their conversation sparked the idea of ??hosting an annual gathering of representatives from the world's top wine family businesses to share their talents and gain greater knowledge.
The next year, their plan came true.
They established an informal association based on the family-owned company, which continues to exist in a unique way in the world of wine, and perhaps in the wider business world. of. It transcends geographical boundaries, while establishing links with winemaking through independent ownership of each vineyard, connecting the same business ecology.
Today, PFV members continue to exchange experiences in the wine trade and obtain future trends and business solutions.
Three requirements for membership:
Each family needs to have its own vineyard
Each family has one of the most prestigious winemakers
Each family has a very famous wine in the world
Currently, 12 global leading families form this association (followed by the year of establishment of the winery) :
Marchesi Antinori (Tuscany, Italy): 1385
Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Médoc): 1853
Joseph Drouhin (Burgundy) Joseph Drouhin: 1880
Egon Müller Scharzhof (Mosel, Germany): 1797
Hugo Family Wines Famille Hugel (Alsace): 1639
Champagne Pol Roger: 1849
Famille Perrin (Rhone Valley): 1909< /p>
The Symington Family Estates (Porto, Portugal): 1652
Tenuta San Guido (Tuscany, Italy): 1840
p>Familia Torres (Pensdes, Spain): 1870
Vega Sicilia (Ribera del Duero, Spain): 1864
Clarence Dillon (Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux): 1935
Some events and activities of PFV around the world:
One rotation per year, one of its members will be elected president of the association. In the 2019/2020 year, Marc Perrin, owner of the Perrin Family Winery, is the chairman of this year.
Every July, PFV members gather at the location of the president of the association that year.
Through gatherings, members can gather together to discuss the continuation of the family and their respective winery projects, share good practical experiences, discuss the development of wine under globalization, and agree on some activities for the coming year. ***knowledge.
PFV regularly organizes a series of wine tastings and dinners around the world to bring consumers and wineries face to face, and the proceeds from the activities are donated to local charities.
Usually the dinner is organized by some local top global hotel chains that have cooperative relationships to ensure that their wines are well displayed.
Each dinner will start with champagne, and each course will be paired with two to three wines from PFV member estates.
The dinner will include an auction of a PFV wine collection to raise funds for a local charity. Funds are mainly focused on helping poor children, disabled people and some specialized hospitals.