Luxembourg's Caves Barnard-Massard has announced that its technical director since 1981, Freddy Sinner, Œnologue, is retiring and has been replaced by Stephan Kraemer from 1 May.
The handover was celebrated with a recent reception involving those involved in other Moselle wineries. In his speech, Hubert Clasen, CEO at Caves Barnard-Massard, highlighted the important steps initiated by himself and Freddy Sinner in his 35 years at the company - these included the reconstruction and renovation of buildings at the winery, as well as production equipment. He also addressed the issue of viticulture at the winery which included reviving the Domaine Thill de Schengen brand in 1986 and the Domaine Clos des Rochers of the Clasen family. The 35 hectares of viney now help make Bernard-Massard one of the largest private wine producers in Luxembourg.
Stephan Krämer has been with the company for 20 years and is being supported by Peter Rummel in his position as Head of Production, and Florian Michels.
In addition, Rose Thoss, management assistant and with the company for 25 years, was honoured on the occasion of her subsequent retirement.
