ELIXIR WINE GROUP - Key Persons

Brian Anderson, and his son Ben, purchased 32 acres of land in Lenswood, Adelaide Hills in 1994 and developed it into a vineyard. The family focuses on producing high quality wine grapes and premium wines. Since Brian's passing, Ben and his wife Clare have continued to run the family business.

Situated in the Rioja Alavesa sub-region of the Rioja D.O.C, Fernandez Gomez wines are all crafted from the family's 70 acres of vineyard. Bordered by the River Ebro on the South and the towering Cantabria mountains on the North, the Rioja Alavesa region is home to all the vineyards owned by family Fernandez Gomez, the majority of which are 80+ years old. All hand-harvested, the Fernandez Gomez wines are a product of centuries of winemaking knowledge.

Fitz Roy is a collaboration between Elixir Wine Group and Alex Huber of Invina wines in Maule, Chile. Kirk Ermisch, CEO of Elixir Wine Group, in partnership with Invina, curates the highest quality wine from the most esteemed Invina vineyards to showcase the purest expression of the Maule region. Founder and CEO of Invina, Alex Huber, moved to Chile in 2001 after a storied career in business and the foreign service. He joined his father's vineyard project where he lived on the vineyards in Maule and became immersed in the family business.

"Winemaking," says Matías Riccitelli, "is not for cowards." A breakout star from a young age, Riccitelli was brought up in a family and region steeped in winemaking. He was born in Cafayate, Salta, a small village in northern Argentina where winemaking is everything - an omnipresent trade and way of life. He grew up between Cafayate and Mendoza, studying and working with his father and mentor, legendary winemaker Jorge Riccitelli. From there, he went on to travel much of the wine world, learning along the way, and returned to Mendoza to serve as chief winemaker for two of Argentina's top wineries, Fabre Montmayou and Bodega Norton. His boutique property was founded in Las Compuertas in 2009, and it is here that he now focus all of his creative energies, producing wines of freshness, nuance and vibrancy.

Nuno Cancela de Abreu is a person whom you could call the "Elder Statesman" of winemaking in Central Portugal and he carries the torch as the fourth generation of his family to operate their estate in the foggy, cool climate hills of the Dão that sit above the village of Mortagua. Nuno is responsible for bringing back the white varietal of Arinto through research, trial and clonal selection - Arinto is a grape that is now celebrated as the most complex and ageworthy indigenous white in the country. With vineyard holdings in Alentejo now as well, Nuno splits his time between Mortagua and Lisbon each week and produces seven brands under the family name.

Steffan Jorgensen, who was previously chief winemaker at Bergevin Lane in Washington from 2006-2012 and his wife Pamela Nunez, a trained enologist from the prestigious University of Santiago, make small lot varietal wines and blends from 20 acres of estate fruit from their partner and vineyard owner's property in 2 distinct locations in Elqui.