Xavier Barlier is a leading wine-industry executive, with a rich experience in luxury brands more generally. For the last 20 years, Xavier Barlier has been senior vice president of marketing and communication of Maison, Marques and Domaines (or MMD) based in Oakland, California. Owned by Maison Louis Roederer, the French parent company of Champagne Louis Roederer, MMD markets the wines of the Roederer Collection in the United States which includes five wineries in the United States - Roederer Estate, Scharffenberger Cellars, Merry Edwards, Diamond Creek, and Domaine Anderson. MMD markets wines from these estates, in addition to marketing a select portfolio of wines from other producers in California, Italy, France, Portugal and South Africa. He has served as chairman of the Wine Market Council, a trade organization that provides trends, insight and intelligence essential to the industry. Before joining MMD, Xavier Barlier was director of corporate alliances and co-branded marketing at Disneyland Paris in France. He began his career with Champagne Moet et Chandon and managed public relations for the French automaker Renault. He is a contributor to the Marketing Leadership research program of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a Chevalier in the Ordre des Côteaux de Champagne and a Cavaleiro in the Confraria do Vinho do Porto.

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Food and Wine Seminar: Petrossian Master Class

Christopher Kostow & Friends Lunch