POWER  OFATTORNEY

The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint each of Holli H. Lewis, Kelly
  A. Bowen, Laura H. Pulliam, and Tennia Y. Hill, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact  to:

I. prepare, execute and file, fur and on behalf of the undersigned, Form ID,
Forms 3, 4 and S (including amendments thereto) in accordance  with Section
!6(a) of the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules
thereunder, and Schedules 130 and 130 (including amendments thereto) in
accordance with Sections 13(d) and l 3(g) of the Act and the rules thereunder;

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may
  be necessary or desirable to prepare and  execute  any  such  Form  3,  4  or
  5 (including  amendments  thereto)  or  Schedule  130 or  13G  (including
amendments thereto) and timely file that Form or Schedule with  the  United
States  Securities  and  Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as
  the attorney-in-fact  deems appropriate; end

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
  the in the opinion of the attorney- in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
  interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it boing understood that
the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power  of Attorney shall be in such form and shell contain such
  terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or the
attorney-in- fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fac and their
substitutes, in serving in sueh capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is Brown-Forman Corporation (the "Corporation") assuming, (i)
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Sections
13(d) or l3(g) of the Act or (ii) any liability of the undersigned for failure
to comply with such requirements. This Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from the undersigned's obligations to comply with the requirements
of the Act including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section
  16 or Sections 13(d) or 13(g) thereunder. The undersigned agrees that each
such attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in
writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until tho
undersigned  is no longer required to file Forms 3,



4 and 5 and Schedules 130 and 130 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked
  by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in
fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that
the undersigned has previously granted.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1" day of May, 2013.



Signature:
/s/ Paul Varga
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