The Wine Hour

The Wine Hour #2 with Laurent Plantier, Co-founder of Alain Ducasse Entreprise and Partner at FrenchFood Capital.


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Join Antoine Abou-Samra, the host and the Wine Dream Team, Jaime Araujo, Akos Forczek and Tanisha Townsend for The Wine Hour #2.


We have the pleasure to welcome Laurent Plantier, Co-founder of Alain Ducasse Entreprise and Partner at FrenchFood Capital.

Laurent co-founded Alain Ducasse Entreprise, and developed the group both in France and internationally. He led the group’s diversification strategy, investing in hospitality (Chateaux et Hotels de collection), edition (Alain Ducasse Edition) and education (Alain Ducasse Education). Under his leadership, the group grew from 0 to 85M€ of revenues in 17 years.

Laurent is now a partner in French Food Capital, an investment fund backing leading companies in food and non-alcoholic beverages.

PROGRAM

Uncorked [2:45]
The Wine Dream, Jaime Araujo and Akos Forczek shared their memories of Steven Spurrier. Our Surprise Guest, Nicole Rolet, also shared her fond memories of Steven Spurrier, her friend and mentor but also the President of ARENI Global.

Licensed To Taste [20:07]
Tanisha Townsend takes us on a trip to discover the wines of Argentina, and answers the questions of the audience.

Have A Drink With Me [32:52]
Antoine Abou-Samra interviews Laurent Plantier. He talks about his Ducasse years, his investment philosophy and some of the challenges of Wine today. He answers questions from the audience. The interview ends with the Pivot Questionnaire.

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