Philippine de Rothschild-Sereys

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Philippine Pascale Mathilde Camille de Rothschild-Sereys (born November 22, 1933 in Paris ; † August 23, 2014 ibid) was a French entrepreneur , owner of the Château Mouton-Rothschild winery and shareholder in Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA and grande dame of viticulture .

Life

Philippine was born in Paris in 1933 as the only daughter of the famous French wine patron Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902–1988) and his first wife Elisabeth Pelletier de Chambure (1902–1945). Philippine and her mother were arrested by the Gestapo in March 1945 ; the mother died in the Ravensbrück concentration camp .

In 1958 she graduated from the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique , where she was only accepted after the third entrance examination, with two awards. Under her stage names Philippine Pascal and Philippine Pascale , she played both classical and modern theater at La Comédie Française , with Catherine Deneuve , among others , and became known in both cinema and television roles. From 1973 to 1980 she played one of the leading roles in a stage production by Harold and Maude with Madeleine Renaud (1900-1994) - with tremendous success. In 1961 Philippine married the French theater director and actor Jacques Sereys (* 1928). The marriage, which was divorced in the 1980s, had three children: Camille (* 1961), Philippe (* 1963) and Julien (* 1971).

Wine entrepreneur and ambassador

1993 Château Mouton-Rothschild, Premier Grand Cru Classé

In the late 1970s, Philippine joined her father, Baron Philippe de Rothschild's wine business. Together with her stepmother, the American Pauline Fairfax-Potter (1908-1976), she worked on the awareness of the wine company. During a tour of the United States in 1981 , on the occasion of tastings , press conferences, and radio and television reports in the cities of Los Angeles , New York and Miami , Philippine received a remarkable reception. In September of the same year, Madame de Rothschild confirmed her role as “Ambassador of Mouton Rothschild” with the opening of the first exhibition of the works of art that have graced the labels of Château Mouton Rothschild since 1945 .

When her father died in 1988, she became the chairman and majority owner of Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA , and heiress of the wineries Château Mouton-Rothschild , Château d'Armailhac , Château Clerc Milon , Opus One (California) and Viña Almaviva (Chile), Domaine de Lambert, Baron Arques as well as the company and brand names Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Mouton-Cadet . Her fortune was estimated by Le Nouvel Economiste at 190 million euros. On the occasion of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Rothschild ownership at Château Mouton, Philippine de Rothschild organized a large dinner with high-class wines for hundreds of prominent guests. The following day she gave the same party for all employees of her company, with the same dinner and the same great wines.

Philippine de Rothschild-Sereys personally selects the artists who design the labels for their finest wine, the Château Mouton Rothschild. Her father's idea for this came up in 1924 and was implemented in 1945. Georges Braque , Georg Baselitz , Francis Bacon and actually everyone of high standing were persuaded to join the “Academie Rothschild”. Since then, the original creations have delighted both wine connoisseurs and passionate collectors. The annual print run that the exquisite Imprimerie Clos de Moulin in Belleville near Lyon produces for the baroness reaches around 350,000 . 2,000 lithographs a year are made from the art labels , which are very popular with lovers of these lithographs.

In 1987 she commemorated her deceased father on the label designed by the Lucerne artist Hans Erni with the following dedication: A mon père, le Baron Philippe de Rothschild, rénovateur de Mouton, je dédie ce millésime de sa 65ème et dernière vendange - Mouton ne change .

There are two label versions of the Wine of the Year 1993 - in the USA the childlike representation of the figure of a nymph was misunderstood by Balthus as " pedophilia ". Mouton decided to deliver wine to the USA with the same label layout, only with complete renunciation of the nymph graphics - and Philippine de Rothschild is said to have made sure that the newly labeled USA bottles were filled with significantly worse wine, as revenge on the exaggerated and uncomfortable Americans.

The 2004 Mouton-Rothschild is adorned with a watercolor painting, according to the description: "Pine trees near Cap d'Antibes on the Cote d'Azur". The artist this time was the art-loving British heir to the throne, Prince Charles . With his Sunday paintings, the two houses of Rothschild and Windsor want to commemorate the Entente Cordiale , which in 2004 celebrated its 100th anniversary.

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  1. ↑ Philippine de Rothschild-Sereys died
personal data
SURNAME Rothschild-Sereys, Philippine de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothschild-Sereys, Philippine Pascale Mathilde Camille de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actress and entrepreneur, grand dame of viticulture
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2014
Place of death Paris