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The Drinks Business 21 January 2021 By Rupert Millar AJ Domaines has announced the sale of Margaux estate Château du Tertre with the Helfrich family, founders of Les Grands Chais de France, set to take over winemaking operations at the estate. The property is believed to have been acquired by a French insurance group. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed, du Tertre was previously owned by the Jelgersma family which also owns Château Giscours also in Margaux and Caiarossa in Italy. Alexander van Beek, managing director of the three properties, commented: �...

The Drinks Business 20 January 2021 By Rupert Millar Benjamin de Rothschild, the scion of the Edmond de Rothschild banking legacy and wine estates around the world, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 57. Benjamin took over the running of his father Edmond’s empire in 1997 and had a great love of boats, motor racing and wine. The Edmond de Rothschild group’s viticultural holdings span France, New Zealand and South America as well as a joint projects with the Rupert family in South Africa and Vega Sicilia in Rioja, many of which came about through his own willingn...

The Drinks Business 20 January 2021 By Rupert Millar Online spirits auctioneer Whisky.Auction will offer five bottles of Cognac at its next sale that span the time period from the American War of Independence to the First World War. The bottles of Cognac from 1777, 1802, 1812, 1906 and 1914 will be offered at the next auction which will begin on 31 January and run until 9 February. The bottles have been sourced from the private collection of Jacques Hardy, a member of the Cognac producing Hardy family, and which were purchased from him by a collector in 2003. Each of the v...

The Drinks Business 18 January 2021 By Rupert Millar UK independent retailer Shop Cuvée is offering a free bottle of its best-selling Vinho Verde with every order over £20 – while stocks last – after defying the highs and lows of the pandemic over the past year to sell tens of thousands of bottles of natural wine. North London-based restaurant and now bottle shop Top/Shop Cuvée has been a standout success of the last year. When the on-trade was shut down during the first lockdown last spring, owners Brodie Marsh and Max Venning turned their restaurant, T...

The Drinks Business 15 January 2021 By Rupert Millar The wine collection of Michel-Jack Chasseuil, described (by its owner) as “the most prestigious cellar in the world”, is to be put on display for the public to view – for a €500 entry fee. Chasseuil has built a 350m2 exhibition space three metres underneath his home in western France to present his 50,000 bottle collection of fine wines, Champagnes and spirits. His idea to open a ‘Louvre of wine’ as a national monument has been an ambition for many years now. With several national institutions hav...