Wine & Spirits - April 2018 - 14

happenings

May 14th/NYC
Wine & Spirits Top of the List
Benefit: NY/NJ Baykeeper
wineandspiritsmagazine.com/toplist

APRIL

27-29/TX
Austin Food + Wine Festival
austinfoodandwinefestival.com

4-8/CO
Taste of Vail
tasteofvail.com

MAY

5-8/FL
Pebble Beach Food & Fine
pbfw.com
5-19/Austria
Wachau Gourmet Festival
wachau-gourmet-festival.at

April 26-28/Paso Robles, CA
Hospice du Rhône
hospicedurhone.org

7/OR
Willamette Pinot Noir Auction
willamettewines.auction

25-27/ CA
Bottle Rock Napa Valley
bottlerocknapavalley.com

Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España,
one of the oldest family-run wineries in
Rioja has purchased Cava producer Roger
Goulart. This is CVNE's first acquisition
outside Rioja.
Poderi Luigi Einaudi continues to
expand into Barolo.
Owner Matteo
Sardagna Einaudi
has purchased five
acres of vineyards in
Monvigliero and the winery on the

APRIL 2018

18-20/Sonoma, CA
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
Festival
avwines.com

property for $4.2 million. His combined
holdings in Barolo and Dogliani now near
135 acres.
Pernod Ricard has
acquired the remaining
shares in Avión Tequila, a
brand founded in 2010 by
Ken Austin. The company
has had worldwide distribution rights to the portfolio since 2011.
At Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in Burgundy, Alexandre Bernier has replaced Bernard Noblet, who retired in January. The
37-year-old Bernier worked at Domaine
Chanson before joining DRC eight years
ago, assisting Noblet.

happenings

Check out our Events Calendar at
wineandspiritsmagazine.com.

Legendary Piedmont
producer Bruno Giacosa passed away on
January 21 at the age
of 88.
Cristina Mariani-May has been named
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Banfi Vintners. For 11 years, Mariani-May
shared the CEO role with James Mariani.
Rich Andrews has joined Banfi as its Chief
Operating Officer.
Jean-Pierre Savare, a Paris-based businessman, has purchased the grand cru-classed
Château Franc Mayne in St-Emilion. Martine Cazeneuve, the estate manager and a
former shareholder in Franc Mayne, will
oversee the 17-acre estate.

photo of Wine & Spirits' Top of the List by Mirra Studio

April 2018

WINE & SPIRITS

17-18/CANADA
Top Drop Vancouver
topdropvancouver.com

May 19-20/Saratoga, CA
Silicon Valley Wine Auction
siliconvalleywineauction.org

For the full list of

20/CA
Sonoma County Barrel Auction
sonomawine.com/barrelauction/

NEWS IN
BRIEF

6-7/San Francisco, CA
International Biodynamic Wine
Conference
demeter-usa.org/internationalbiodynamic-wine-conference

http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/toplist http://www.austinfoodandwinefestival.com http://www.tasteofvail.com http://www.pbfw.com http://www.siliconvalleywineauction.org http://www.demeter-usa.org/international-biodynamic-wine-conference http://www.wachau-gourmet-festival.at http://www.hospicedurhone.org http://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com http://www.topdropvancouver.com http://willamettewines.auction http://www.sonomawine.com/barrelauction/ http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com http://www.avwines.com

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