At its meeting in Reims on 29 May 2014, the Board of Administration of F.I.C.B. elected unanimously Alan BRYDEN as President of F.I.C.B. He has taken his office on 15 June and will amplify the implementation of the Action Plan adopted in 2013 to develop and promote F.I.C.B. and its members, which he was already, as First Vice-President, charged with. Claude JOSSE, who had been President of F.I.C.B. for many years, has been named F.I.C.B. Honorary President by applause.

Farewell Peter Hall
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Peter Hall, founder and winemaker of Breaky Bottom Vineyard in Sussex, England, who died earlier this week. Peter was