The F.I.C.B. General Assembly 2025 was held on 8 February in Paris. It was attended by nearly 70 participants representing 36 member brotherhoods or federations of brotherhoods from 14 countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Important decisions for the future of the federation were taken :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organisation in May 2026 of a \u2018wine discovery tour to Japan\u2019 <\/strong>sponsored by F.I.C.B. and organised by the Knights of the Vine of Japan,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Organisation of the 53 <\/strong>rd<\/sup><\/strong> International Congress of the F.I.C.B. in May 2027<\/strong> in Switzerland, by the Swiss wine brotherhoods and their federation, based in Lausanne and covering the canton of Vaud and neighbouring cantons,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adoption of an action plan for 2025 <\/strong> including, in particular, the promotion of the activities of member brotherhoods and the production of an “F.I.C.B. practical guide for the organisation of wine tournaments<\/strong>“, which will complement the “\u2018F.I.C.B. guide to setting up and developing a wine brotherhood” and the \u201cF.I.C.B. guide to organising blind grape varietals recognition competitions\u201d, as well as the \u201c5-language lexicon<\/strong>,\u201d of some 300 terms relating to wine production and tasting, all of which are available online on the federation’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several appointments were made to the Federation’s Board : <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n . Julia Trustram-Eve, of the U.K. Wine Guild, as UK Vice President, replacing Mike Hildesley,<\/p>\n\n\n\n . Dominique Pairochon, of the Confr\u00e9rie des Fins Gousiers d’Anjou, as Vice-President for Northern France, replacing Paul Dalon, of the Ordre des Chevaliers Bretvins, who remains a member of the Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the General Assembly, the Federation’s Dipl\u00f4me of Honour <\/strong>was awarded to Mike Hildesley and Paul Dalon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n and Gregory Jones, a world-renowned American specialist in the interrelation between viticulture and climate change. At the GA, the Federation also celebrated the 60th<\/sup> anniversary of its foundation.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n click here for the overview<\/a> of the 2025 General assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n click here for the letter from the President<\/a> to the wine brotherhoods and their federations, members of F.I.C.B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n click here for the minutes<\/a> of the Annual General Meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n click here for the newsletter n\u00b0 20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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