转发:Burgundy and Champagne Legend Joseph Henriot Dies
(2015-05-02 12:43:41)
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A French wine empire that encompassed Champagne and Burgundy has lost its figurehead with the death of Joseph Henriot in Paris at the age of 79, according to his son, Thomas.
Henriot was president of Groupe La Vigie, which owned Champagne
Henriot, Burgundy giant Bouchard Père et
Fils and Chablis producer
He was an agronomy student in paris in 1957 when his father died,
so he returned to
While at LVMH, he became head of Veuve Clicquot and persuaded the group to invest in the Cloudy Bay winery in New Zealand, as well as other wineries in Australia and California.
He went out on his own in 1994, buying the family Champagne house back from LVMH. The Henriot house had been in existence since 1808 and became the official supplier of Champagne to the Hapsburg court.
Henriot then expanded into
The company then acquired the William Fèvre
business in 1998 and its latest addition was the 50-hectare
(124-acre)
Henriot died on Monday and is survived by his wife and three children.