Currently, eleven of the world's Leading Families make up the association: Marchesi Antinori, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Joseph Drouhin, Egon Müller Scharzhof, Famille Hugel, Champagne Pol Roger, Famille Perrin, the Symington Family Estates, Tenuta San Guido, Familia Torres and Vega Sicilia.
Each year in turn, a member of the association is elected President: Frédéric Drouhin for 2011/2012, Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild for 2012/2013, Dominic Symington for 2013/2014, Alessia Antinori for 2014/2015, Mireia Torres for 2015/2016, Egon Müller 2016/2017 , Jean - Frédéric Hugel for 2017/2018 et Hubert de Billy for 2018/2019. Marc Perrin will assume the presidency in 2019/2020.
Each year in July, PFV members meet together in the country of the current Presidency.
These meetings reunite all the members of the association, their extended families, and some of their management teams, to share best practice, discuss developments in the wine world, and agree on activities for the coming year.
The PFV regularly holds a series of tastings and dinners around the world to present its members' wines for the benefit of a local charity and to enable consumers to meet the producers face to face.
The dinners are organised in partnership with some of the top international hotel groups who ensure that only the finest local ingredients and products are showcased.
Each dinner starts with a champagne reception and each course is paired with two or three top wines - from each of the PFV estates.
Primum Familiae Vini, also known as PFV, is an international association of some of the world's finest wine producing families from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, the "Leading Wine Families”.
PFV was created in 1992 and membership is by invitation only, with a maximum of 12 highly respected families contributing generations of expertise. PFV members aim to defend and promote the traditions and values of family owned wine companies, and ensure that such ideals survive and prosper for future generations.
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