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Bert Silk
Beverage Alcohol Advisor
Director, Constellation Brands
Chairman, Wine Institute
Bert is currently the Director of Industry Affairs for Constellation Brands, Inc., and serves as Chairman of the Wine Institute.
Bert's career in the wine industry began in 1958 when he left the University of Massachusetts to begin working with his father at the Yosemite Wine Company in Madera, California. From 1960 to 1965, he worked for United Vintners at Escalon, Asti and Port Newark, NJ. Since 1965, Silk has worked in various positions with what is now Constellation Brands, including Senior Vice President, Production; President, Canandaigua Concentrates; and member of the Board of Directors.
Bert was the first Chairman of the New York State Wine and Grape Foundation, one of the founders of the Eastern Section of the American Society of Viticulture and Enology and Past Chairman of that section. He has been active in various international wine organizations.
His community activities include having been President of the Canandaigua Kiwanis Club, member of the board of the Ontario County library system, and member of various advisory committees to the Canandaigua school system.
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