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13 May 2026
Mergers and Acquisitions
The Wonderful Co., owner of Justin Vineyards & Winery and Lewis Cellars, has concluded a major expansion agreement with distributor Southern Glazer's. Justin is entering 10 new markets including Minnesota, Utah and Idaho, while Lewis Cellars expands from 5 to 35 national markets, including nine new market entries and a strengthened presence in California, Florida, Texas and Illinois. This expansion illustrates the strategy of American luxury wine estates betting on...
Read more...09 December 2025
Mergers and Acquisitions
The Wyckoff family, who have been winemakers in Washington since the 1980s, have completed the acquisition of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, one of the largest American wine groups, acquiring the entire company from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which had purchased it in 2021 for $1.2 billion.The transaction marks a return to family ownership for the first time in more than fifty years.The portfolio includes the brands Chateau Ste. Michelle,...
Read more...20 October 2025
Mergers and Acquisitions
The Lanson-BCC Group has completed the acquisition of Heidsieck & Co Monopole, acquiring 100% of the company’s shares as well as its exceptional historic inventory, including bottles from a cargo recovered from the 1907 shipwreck of the Jönköping in the Baltic Sea.During the same period, Les Grands Chais de France also finalized the acquisition of Maison Bouey, one of the last family-owned and independent Bordeaux négociant houses, significantly strengthening its...
Read more...30 April 2023
Mergers and Acquisitions
Billionaire Michel Reybier, owner of Château Cos d'Estournel, second classified growth of the Médoc, in the Bordeaux vineyards, has just bought Château Cos Labory, Grand Cru Classé in 1855 in Saint-Estèphe in the Médoc vineyards. The château is made up of 35 hectares of vineyard and produces approximately 78,000 bottles. Michel Reybier is the owner of the Domaines Reybier hotel group, he was born in Lyon (France) and is one...
Read more...26 February 2023
Mergers and Acquisitions
The Domaines Artémis company, a wine company owned by French billionaire François Pinault, has just bought the Champagne Jacquesson house. François Pinault already holds the Premier Grand Cru Classé du Médoc Château Latour, Pauillac and Champagne Henriot. François Pinault also owns the Stade Rennais football club. The Jacquesson Champagne House, founded in 1798 in Dizy in Champagne, belonged to the Chiquet family who acquired it in 1974. Jacquesson produces 250,000...
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