Financière Bernard
| Financière Bernard | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1928 |
| Seat |
Ambès , France
|
| management | Jean Bernard Jr. (PDG) |
| Number of employees | 251 |
| sales | € 96 million (2016) |
| Branch | Wine and spirits |
| Website | www.financierebernard.com |
The SA Financière Bernard headquartered in Ambès in Bordeaux is a French group of companies owned by the family, which includes the areas of production of spirits, wine making and wine trade.
background
After expanding its production facility in Ambes in the 1960s, it became the world leader in brandy aging. At the end of the 2016 financial year, it achieved sales of € 96 million. The group is led by Jean Bernard; the share capital is held by around 380 shareholders from the rest of the Bernard family.
The Bernard group consists of three fields of activity, consisting of the wine trade with Millésima and its branches Sobovi and Wine & Co. consists of the production and trading of spirits with Lucien Bernard and his branches Valdronne and Gedesa and finally the wineries, which are mainly represented by the Domaine de Chevalier.
Millésima
Millésima SA is one of the leading wine trading houses in Europe, specializing in the mail order business of great wines from France and Italy. Millésima supplies 80,000 private customers worldwide. The company is represented in 11 European countries and was expanded in 2010 by Millésima Hong Kong and Millésima USA based in New York.
The company was founded in 1983 by Patrick Bernard in Bordeaux under the name "Les Vins des Grands Vignobles". Initially, the wine trading company focused on exporting and supplying specialist shops and restaurants. This changed in 1988 when it began supplying French private customers The German market opened and in the course of the following years other European countries (Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal) were added. The name Millésima was created in 1997 with the launch of the website, which it is now in six different languages for thirteen countries The international sales team is qualified by the Oenological Institute of Bordeaux.
Millésima is now one of the leading European online distributors of wines with an annual turnover of 32 million euros. The company's headquarters are in Bordeaux, where the large wine cellars are also located. 2.5 million wine bottles of various sizes, vintages and areas of origin are stored there. In addition to a wine boutique in the Millésima wine cellars in Bordeaux, another boutique was opened in St. Tropez and Manhattan. In addition to the boutique in Bordeaux, Millesima also has a wine school in the wine cellars, which Millésima has given access to the event area. It is used for themed tastings and gala dinners, as well as for product presentations and company conventions. In the hundred-year-old wine cellars on the Garonne, 2.5 million wine bottles of various sizes from half a bottle (0.375 l) to bottles (0.75 l) to magnums (1.5 l) are stored. The world's largest warehouse for large bottles is located in the so-called Library Imperiale, a separate room. The wines are obtained exclusively from the producer and are stored in the original wooden boxes of the wineries.
In addition to Millésima, the wine trade consists of two subsidiaries. Sobovi and Wine and Co . Sobovi was founded in 1988. Its trading business exclusively supplies high-end restaurants, hotels, bars and wine shops in France. Sobovi has also developed a trading business for export. It is directed by Christophe Bernard. Wine & Co is a joint venture between Millésima and Moët Hennessy. It is a pure internet retailer with a selection of wines on an online retail site. Wine & Co is managed by Bernard Le Marois. Millésima also owns a Cru Bourgeois in Pauillac Château La Fleur Peyrabon and Château Peyrabon in the Haut Médoc. Patrick Bernard is the manager.
Lucien Bernard & Cie
Lucien Bernard & Cie is the head of the group's spirits sector. His distillery was founded in Bordeaux in 1928 and is the origin of the family group. Today, Lucien Bernard is the European market leader in the production and trading of brandy. Since 1998 the company has owned a distillery in la Mancha, the Spanish company Gedesa.
Lucien Bernard bought Valdronne in 2007, which specializes in the development of spirits, liqueurs and cocktails. Valdronne creates spirits brands Eymeric Bernard runs the company.
Domaine de Chevalier
The group also owns the Domaine de Chevalier, a grand cru winery in Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, which includes the Clos des Lunes and Domaine de la Solitude brands. These properties are under the management of Olivier Bernard, who has also been President of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux since 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chiffres clés , www.financierebernard.com, accessed on August 1, 2018.
- ^ Rues de la gare .
- ^ Business Club de France , European market leader.
- ↑ Millésima USA , Examiner.com.
- ↑ Terre de Vins
- ↑ Bordeaux.com , Millésima.
- ↑ Les Boutiques , Journal du Net.
- ↑ Millésima , Terre de Vins.
- ↑ Sobovi , website.
- ^ Wine & CO , website.
- ^ Lucien Bernard , website.
- ↑ Valdronne ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website.
- ^ Domaine de Chevalier , website.
