Rebirth of England.

Chapter 1011 Winery

"The Rothschild family's winery?"

Barron asked confusedly after hearing Ashley's words.

He had never heard the other party mention it before.

"Yes, you know, although the Rothschild family had great power in France before, there were also many people who coveted their wealth and who had been suppressed..."

After LCF Rothschild Group was acquired by Barron, it can be said that the Rothschild family’s main industry in France is those wineries.

The Rothschild family's involvement in the wine industry can be traced back to the 19th century.

In 1853, James Rothschild acquired the Bordeaux first growth Chateau Mouton Rothschild, marking the financial family's official entry into the wine industry.

Since then, the Rothschild family has continued to expand its wine territory and has owned many of the world's top wineries through acquisitions, joint ventures and other means, such as Château Lafite, Château La Soule, and Château Haut-Brion.

For example, of the five major first-class wineries in France, two belong to the Rothschild family.

France's five major first-class wineries usually refer to Chateau Lafite, Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Haut-Brion and Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the Medoc region of Bordeaux.

Among them, Chateau Lafite and Chateau Mouton Rothschild both belong to the Rothschild family.

In addition, the Rothschild family also owns several other wineries and many wineries overseas.

In fact, although these wineries all belong to the Rothschild family, the Rothschild family has many branches. There are three branches of the Rothschild family that have entered the wine industry: Lafite Rothschild Group (DBR), Philippe Rothschild Group (BPDR) and Edmond de Rothschild Group (BEDR).

The three winery groups are operated independently, but all operate under the banner of the Rothschild family.

Among them, the DBR Group is world-famous for its Château Lafite Rothschild.

In addition, Lafite Rothschild Group also owns famous wineries such as Duhart-Milon, Château Les Roches, and Château Le Vangé.

The Philippe Rothschild Group is centered around another first-class winery, Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

Château Mouton was rated as a second-class winery in 1855, and was later promoted to a first-class winery in 1976, becoming one of the five famous wineries in Bordeaux.

This is also the only winery in the world that has been upgraded from a second-class winery to a first-class winery.

Finally, the Edmond Rothschild Group, although its influence in the wine industry is relatively small, its Chateau Clarke is a member of the Bordeaux Grand Cru Association.

The group also owns well-known wineries such as Laurex Winery and Arrow of the Andes...

This time, Ashley Webb bought the Chateau d'Armailhac. Although it is not a first-class winery like Chateau Lafite and Chateau Mouton Rothschild - this winery was a fifth-class winery in the 1855 classification - Chateau d'Armailhac is close to Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Chateau Lafite Rothschild, enjoys the same geographical location and terroir conditions, and was separated from Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

This may not be accurate, as the relationship between the two is somewhat complicated.

At the end of the 18th century, the French d'Armailhac family purchased a vineyard from Prince Vignes and established Château d'Armailhac. The winery continued to expand under the management of the family. Soon after, it acquired the neighboring Château Mouton Rothschild and changed its name to Château Mouton d'Armailhac.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After only half a century of operation, they faced the biggest financial crisis in the family's history. In 1843, after careful consideration, the family heir Aude d'Armailhac sold the vineyards that originally belonged to Chateau Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Lafite.

In 1933, the French Domaine Darmailhac was sold to the Philippe Rothschild Group (which had already acquired Chateau Mouton Rothschild at the time) under extremely helpless circumstances and became part of Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

It can be said that although the Rothschild family was famous before, after nearly 250 years of prosperity, there are now many family members, and most of them have no ambition...

Especially after the major blow they had suffered before and the "accidental death" of the family head David Rothschild not long ago, the entire family can be said to have fallen apart.

This is understandable. At the beginning, there was a large family with sufficient industrial supply, and everyone was happy.

But now that the most important financial industry has been deprived, the remaining industries are no longer sufficient to support these people's original lives.

Coupled with the sudden death of the family head, the family fell into chaos and power struggles were inevitable.

After all, although the three major winery groups of the Rothschild family are independently operated, their family businesses have always been managed by family funds with a considerable portion of shares.

Barron learned from Ashley that the Philippe Rothschild Group had to sell Château d'Armailhac in order to obtain funds to deal with other competitors and internal attacks within the family. She took this opportunity to acquire the winery.

From this, Barron couldn't help but think that if the assassination attempt against him had been successful, his assets, which would have been even less than those of the current Rothschild family, would have been immediately divided up by a pack of wolves.

Currently, Château d'Armailhac is managed by the daughter of former Château Mouton Rothschild.

The estate covers an area of ​​50 hectares, most of which are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon grapes with an average age of 47 years. Each vintage is aged for 30 months in 16% new oak barrels, and the remaining 70% of the barrels come from Chateau Mouton.

"If you are interested, you can come with me to take a look recently, and you can also see the wine making scene there..."

French wine estates usually start making wine from mid-August to mid-October each year. This period is the season when grapes ripen and is also the best time to make wine.

The maturity and quality of grapes have a crucial impact on the quality of wine, so wineries choose to pick and brew grapes during this period.

It is now early October, and the last brewing period of the year.

However, Barron was not very interested in Ashley's proposal. He himself was not very fond of red wine, or he seldom drank alcohol. This was also related to the fact that he came to this world because of alcoholism in his previous life...

In addition, Chateau d’Armailhac is close to Chateau Lafite and Chateau Mouton Rothschild. Who knows if he really goes there, will there be diehards from the Rothschild family who will come to “retaliate” against him…

This was just his thought. If the other party was really that brave, he would not have waited until now.

What's more, his own security team is not just there to do nothing.

"Do you still remember Manu? The young man next to Hollande whom I met at the Elysee Palace before..."