Cyril Brun joins Ferrari Trento as Chef de Caves, arriving from Champagne Charles Heidsieck.

Born in 1969 in the Grand Cru village of Aÿ, Cyril Brun joined Champagne Veuve Clicquot as a winemaker in 2000. After 15 years with Veuve Clicquot, where he oversaw the Pinot Noir program, Brun was named Chef de Caves at Charles Heidsieck in 2015. In 2019 and 2022, he was named IWC Sparkling Winemaker of the Year.

Brun’s appointment marks the first time a Chef de Caves has come from Champagne to join an Italian winery as a full-time enologist.

“On behalf of my family and the entire team at Ferrari Trento, I express our most heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Ruben for his tremendous achievements over the last few decades,” said Matteo Lunelli, Ferrari Trento President and CEO.

“We are excited to welcome Cyril to our team. His talent in our category is unparalleled. We have every confidence that he will create exceptional Trentodoc wines that are loyal to our local traditions while introducing a new perspective.”

“I am convinced of the quality of Ferrari Trento and of the potential of Trentodoc,” said Brun. “The opportunity to create traditional method sparkling wines from the unique, mountainous terroirs of Trentino is a privilege and an exciting opportunity to apply my knowledge and experience to a new context.”

Brun succeeds Enologist and Technical Director Ruben Larentis, who joined Ferrari Trento in 1986 and is now retiring.

During Larentis’s 37-year tenure, Ferrari Trento received the Producer of the Year Award at the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships five times. He was named Winemaker of the Year by Gambero Rosso in 2010 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships in 2019.

Ferrari Trento is a producer of luxury sparkling wine. Cultivated along the foothills of the Alps, all Ferrari wines undergo secondary bottle-fermentation in accordance with the regulations of Trentodoc.