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2027 Naples Winter Wine Festival to Salute
Renowned French Winemaker

Frédéric Engerer of Artémis Domaines

as Honored Vintner

he Naples Children Foundation (NCF), the founding organization of the
Naples Winter Wine Festival, announced that Frédéric Engerer, CEO of
TArtémis Domaines, a group of nine estates including the famous Bordeaux
first growth Château Latour, will be saluted as its Honored Vintner at the 27th annual
Naples Winter Wine Festival on January 29-31, 2027.
Born into a family of wine merchants in the Languedoc region of France, Engerer
has been passionate about wine for the past three decades. While completing his
business degree at HEC Paris, a world-renowned business school founded in 1881
in France, he developed his tasting skills with expert wine journalists Michel Bettane
and Bernard Burtschy.
Engerer began his career at Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and
services for industry and health in San Francisco before acting as a consultant for such
advertising and management consulting companies as Lintas in Paris and Mars & Co
in both London and Paris. After François Pinault acquired the legendary Château
Latour in 1993, Engerer was asked to join his team as commercial director in 1995,
and then was promoted to president three years later.
“Since its inception in 2001, the Naples Winter Wine Festival has distinguished
itself as one of the world’s premier charity wine auctions, bringing together
extraordinary vintners, chefs, collectors and philanthropists around a purpose far
greater than the celebration of exceptional wine,” Engerer said. “I am deeply honored
to join this extraordinary legacy and to support the Naples Children Foundation’s
meaningful work on behalf of children in Collier County. I look forward to being
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