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The UMVIN is a professional organisation founded in 1970, consisting of 17 regional and producer syndicates that together represent all French wine regions and every segment of the French wine market, from AOCs to Vins de France table wines.
UMVIN members are committed to upholding the values vested in the terms "Maisons" (long-standing, capital-intensive wine houses) and "Marques" (brands created to satisfy market demand and build customer loyalty).
The wine houses account for the marketing of at least 2/3 of all French wines and are widely regarded as the driving force behind French wine sales. They support the wine industry itself (500,000 hectares of vineyard and nearly 55,000 wine producers) and its related industries (glass/cork manufacturers, coopers - some 300,000 jobs in all). They also account for 85% of the value of exports, building on a long-standing reputation for quality established by earlier generations of French wine houses.
UMVIN members are fully updated at all times via access to the member-only Intranet Portal of Le Guide V & S.
Union des Maisons et Marques de Vin membership:
- Association Française des Embouteilleurs Distributeurs (AFED)
- Chambre Syndicale des Industries et Commerces en gros des Vins et Spiriteux d’Ile-de-France
- Fédération régionale du négoce des Vins et Spiritueux en PACA
- Groupement des Producteurs Négociants du Vignoble Alsacien (GNPVA)
- Syndicat Charentais des Négociants en Vins
- Syndicat des Négociants en Vins et Spiritueux du Sud-Ouest
- Syndicat des Négociants Propriétaires du Jura
- Syndicat du Commerce en Gros des Vins et Spiritueux du Libournais
- Syndicat interdépartemental des Négociants en Gros en Vins et Spiritueux Limousin-Auvergne
- Syndicat Rhône-Alpes
- Union des Entreprises Vinicoles Méridionales (UEVM)
- Union des Maisons de Bordeaux (UMB)
- Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC)
- Union des Maisons de Vins du Beaujolais et du Mâconnais (UMVBB)
- Union des Maisons de Vins de Bourgogne (UMVB)
- Union des Maisons de vins du Rhône (UMVR)
- Union des Maisons et des Marques de Vin de Loire (UMVL)
The UMVIN permanent team is headed by Executive Director Nicolas Ozanam.
Successive UMVIN presidents:
Year | President | House | Region |
2014 | M. CHAPOUTIER | M. Chapoutier | Côtes du Rhône |
2010 | Ghislain de Montgolfier | Champagne | |
2006 | P. MENEZ | Henri Maire | Jura |
2002 | B. BONNET | Gabriel Meffre | Côtes du Rhône |
1998 | Yves Bénard | Moët & Chandon, Vve Clicquot | Champagne |
1995 | A. de LAROUZIERE | Henriot | Champagne |
1992 | D. AMIRAULT | Listel | Languedoc |
1988 | JC. ARNAL | Piat Père et Fils | Bourgogne |
1984 | Ph. TREUTENAERE | Rémy PANNIER | Val de Loire |
1982 | P. DOPFF | Dopff & Irion | Alsace |
1980 | G. FAIVELEY | Jh. Faiveley | Bourgogne |
1978 | JP. JAUFFRET | Dourthe Kressmann | Bordeaux |
1970 | JM. SCHYLER | Schröder et Schÿler | Bordeaux |