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F.I.C.B. Diploma of Honor
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.
Persons having held governance positions in F.I.C.B.
2015
Claude JOSSE (France)
Grand Chancelier of Conseil des Echansons de France
Président of F.I.C.B. from 1984 to 2014
Monique JOSSE (France)
Director of Musée du Vin de Paris
Deputy General Secretary of F.I.C.B. until 2014
Claude RUFINI (Switzerland)
Vice-Governor of the Noble Confrérie des Olifants du Bas-lac de Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
Permanent Secretary of the Fédération suisse des confréries bachiques et gastronomiques
General Secretary of F.I.C.B. until 2014
Jean-Emile PROVOST (France)
Former Vice-Senarch of the Order of Breton Knights (France)
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for Northern France from 2010 to 2014
Jean-Claude de BERNIS (France)
Grand Master of the Ordre des Chevaliers de la Syrah et Roussette
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. until 2014
Karl RECER (Slovenia)
Former O.E.V.E. Pro-Consul Slovenia
F.I.C.B. Vice-President for Slovenia until 2014
Manuel DURAN (Spain)
Confraria del Cava San Sadurni (Espagne)
Vice-président de la F.I.C.B. pour l’Espagne jusqu’en 2014
2018
Tomislav KOVACIC (Slovenia)
Consul of O.E.V.E. Slovenia
F.I.C.B. Vice-President for Slovenia from 2015 to 2017
2020
Paul COULON (France)
Former Grand Master of the Echansonnerie des Papes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Vice-president of F.I.C.B. for the South of France until February 2020
Michel Rossi (Switzerland)
Governor of the Noble Confréries des Olifants du Bas-Lac en Pays de Neuchâtel
F.I.C.B. vice-president for Switzerland until February 2020
2023
Jean-Pierre BOYER
emeritus Grand Master of “Ordre Illustre des Chevaliers de Méduse”
F.I.C.B V.P. for South of France until 2022
Persons renowned internationally in the area of wine and sharing the values of the wine brotherhoods
2015
Michel ROLLAND (France)
Enologist and producer
2016
Gina GALLO (U.S.A.)
Wine maker for the top range wines of the Gallo Group
Jean-Charles BOISSET (France)
Producer in Burgundy and California
2017
Allen SHOUP (U.S.A.)
Producer in North America, particularly in the State of Washington
David GUIMARAENS (Portugal)
Wine maker of Port wines
2018
Jean-Robert PITTE (France)
Geographer and specialist of the “terroirs”
2019
Susan SOKOL BLOSSER (U.S.A.)
Producer of fine wines in Oregon and founder of the International Pinot Noir Celebration
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
Dr. Julij NEMANIC (Slovénie)
Doctor in oenology from the University of Lubljana, has highly controibuted to the development and quality of the Slovenian vineyards and wines.
Slovenian oenologist, who has worked hard to develop and promote Slovenian vineyards, and in particular sparkling wines.
Prof. Dr. Dorin POPA
Internationally renowned oenologist, founding member of the Romanian Association of Wine Tasting Experts, author of numerous articles, notably on the history of viticulture, the relationship between wine and health and the art of tasting. Proposed by O.E.V.E. Consulate of Romania
Pr. Dr. R. Curtis Ellison
Internationally renowned doctor and specialist in “wine and health” ,proposed by the Renaud Society.
Internationally renowned ampelologist and vine geneticist, author of numerous scientific and popular articles and books on grape varieties from Switzerland and around the world. Proposed by l’Ordre de la Channe
2024
William STOLLER
Successful businessman and philanthropist, has developed the Stoller Family Estates to become a leader in energy and environment design and one of the main wineries in Oregon, proposed by the Oregon Wine Brotherhood.
Warren WINIARSKI (U.S.A.)
A pioneer in wine growing in the Napa Valley, he was the first wine maker for the Robert Mondavi Winery. His wine won the Judgement of Paris in 1976, putting Napa Valley on the International wine Map. Proposed by the Order of the Knights of the Vine of America.