After the French firm Brun de Vian-Tiran, manufacturer of noble fibers since 1808, winner of the 2022 Prize, and Maison Bernard in Belgium, Europe’s oldest violin workshop, winner of the first Prize, who will be the next most wonderful family business in the world in 2024?
May 3rd – The Primum Familiae Vini (PFV), an association of twelve European wine families who are producers in some of the world’s greatest viticultural regions, created the biennial PFV Prize in 2020 and announced today that the 2024 PFV Prize is open for applications.
Any family-owned company from anywhere in the world, in any area of activity, is eligible for this valuable biennial prize. The PFV Prize aims to encourage family continuity, excellence in craftsmanship, sustainability, and the successful transmission of responsibility from one generation to the next.
The PFV represents the deep artisan roots of family companies who are committed to the absolute quality of their wines and all have a long history of dedication to their respective regions. The PFV Prize’s jury is looking for companies sharing the same values and vision of business as the PFV members.
Matthijs Strick, Maison Bernard: “Plenty of great prizes exist around the world, there is of course the Nobel Prize, but a Prize that is given to a working family that has hundreds of years behind it, it simply didn’t exist. So this beautiful Prize that we received was really very important emotionally for us. Winning this Prize also gave us a lot of publicity worldwide and outside of our profession. We are known in our musical world but this recognition really goes beyond that.”
Jean-Louis Brun, Maison Brun de Vian-Tiran: “I was touched to receive the PFV Prize because our family has been struggling for 8 generations, over 2 centuries, to maintain our employment in France, to maintain our long-term relationship with shepherds, with distributors, and with consumers. It has not been an easy task so it really means something to receive such an award from world-renowned people who work on excellence in other family businesses. It encourages us to keep doing what we have been doing so far and the families awarding this Prize are inspiring examples of brand building, awareness building, public relations, design and this will help us to strive to go beyond what we have achieved so far.”
Applications for the 2024 PFV Prize can be made on www.PFV.org until 31th October 2023.
The PFV Short List of five family-owned companies will be published in January 2024 and the PFV Prize winner will be announced in March 2024.
The Selection Jury for The PFV Short List and The PFV Prize is one member of each of the twelve PFV wine families:
- Priscilla Incisa Della Rochetta – Tenuta San Guido, Italy – Founded 1840
- Alessia Antinori – Marchesi Antinori, Italy – Founded 1385
- Egon Müller – Egon Müller Scharzhof, Germany – Founded 1797
- Prince Robert of Luxembourg – Domaine Clarence Dillon, France – Founded 1935
- Matthieu Perrin – Famille Perrin, France – Founded 1909
- Paul Symington – Symington Family Estates, Portugal – Founded 1882
- Frédéric Drouhin – Maison Joseph Drouhin, France – Founded 1880
- Miguel Torres Maczassek – Familia Torres, Spain – Founded 1870
- Jean-Frédéric Hugel – Famille Hugel, France – Founded 1639
- Pablo Alvarez – Vega Sicilia, Spain – Founded 1864
- Philippe Sereys de Rothschild – Baron Philippe de Rothschild, France – Founded 1853
- Hubert de Billy – Champagne Pol Roger, France – Founded 1849
MORE INFORMATION ON THE PFV ‘FAMILY IS SUSTAINABILITY’ PRIZE: www.PFV.org
ABOUT PRIMUM FAMILIAE VINI
Primum Familiae Vini is a strictly invitation-only organisation comprising 12 of the largest family wine estate owners in the world. Its mission is to represent the highest levels of excellence in the world of wine; promote extremely high quality and sustainability; combine family tradition with innovation; and encourage other family firms to remain independent and stand up for quality and positive values.
