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Wine-discovery tour sponsored by F.I.C.B.in Italy (Piedmont)

“The 3rd “Wine Discovery Tour” sponsored by the F.I.C.B. will take place from 22 to 26 May 2025 in the Langhe-Roero-Montferrato region in the heart of Piedmont in Italy. It is organised under the aegis of the Order of the Knights of the Truffle and the Wines of Alba, who are offering an exceptional programme in this region, which is a great success with tourism.

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FICB Bottle of the Year Tournament – Call for candidates

The FICB has decided to organise a friendly tournament called the ‘FICB Bottle of the Year’ ,to honour the champion of one of its members each year, while promoting the discovery of wines and the selection methods (competitions, tournaments, etc.) of the participating brotherhoods. It will take place on the eve of the General Meeting, on 6 February 2026, at the Paris Wine Museum.The Tournament is open to any FICB member who is up to date with their membership fees.For

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22 October 2025
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NEWSLETTER N°21: NEWS FROM F.I.C.B.

F.I.C.B. Newsletter n°21 (October 2025) provides news of our activities and international events. Our members are encouraged to disseminate it widely, e.g. by having a link on their website. Click here for Newsletter n°21

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18 October 2025

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 honoured with the Diplome d’Honneur, of FICB nominated by the Wine Guild of the United Kingdom, presented to him last November. We would like to express our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Farewell, Peter ! Read the note sent to us by our VP Julia Trustram-Eve, from the

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4 October 2025

The FICB Diploma of Honor awarded to Bob Lindo

Bob Lindo, a former fighter pilot, founded Camel Valley vineyard in Cornwall (England) over 40 years ago,now producing red, white and rosé sparkling and still wines. Bob has been atrailblazer for UK wine, raising its global profile through award-winning winemaking,industry leadership, championing sustainability and tireless promotion both in the UKand overseas. He secured the first Royal Warrant for an English producer and hasinspired a new generation of outstanding growers and winemakers. The Wine Guild of UK proposed that Bob Lindo

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1 October 2025

Cocorico’s 25th anniversary at Notre Dame

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Coordination Comitee of the Ile de France Region Confréries (Brotherhoods)) had big plans: a ceremony, a mass in Notre Dame Cathedral, which had been magnificently restored after the terrible fire that devastated it six years ago. Nearly 600 people from around 60 brotherhoods attended. Aware of the appeal of a ceremony in the renovated Notre Dame Cathedral, we published an article to draw our members’ attention to it. As a result, many participants belonged

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26 September 2025

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Saint TYeodor Brotherhood, in, VRŠAC (Serbia)

Responding to an invitation from Grand Master Nikola CUCULJ, President Marc Lesk traveled to Vršac, in the Serbian Banat region of Vojvodina, eastern Serbia, accompanied by Vice President Janesz Dezman. In Serbia, the 47th congress of FICB was held in 2012. The Saint-Théodore brotherhood, named after the hero of the fight against the Ottoman occupiers in the 16th century, held a chapter to mark its 20th anniversary, in the presence of several brotherhoods from Serbia, Romania and Hungary, in the

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24 July 2025