Millesima Expertise
Facts About Millesima
- Turnover: € 35 million (~ $46 million)
- Our portfolio of wines is predominately the classified Bordeaux growths , representing 94% of our selection. We also offer top wines from other French appellations (5.5%), plus a growing selection of wines from the rest of Europe and the New World (0.5%)
- 2.5 million bottles in stock at our Bordeaux cellars (including 11,000 larger sized bottles, e.g. double magnum, jeroboam, imperial); Wine is exclusively sourced direct from chateaux' cellars
- More than 300,000 deliveries across Europe, the U.S. and Hong Kong over the past 20 years
- 5th largest buyer of wine futures (en primeur) in the Bordeaux marketplace. Each vintage we offer 100-150 labels―the largest selection available!
History
Millésima was founded in 1983 by Patrick Bernard and thanks to its expertise and reliability has become Europe´s leading fine wine mail order merchant.
The company began life as "Les Vins des Grands Vignobles" and became Millésima in 1988¸ when it published its first catalogue of 100 of Bordeaux´s greatest wines¸ the Grands Crus Classés. Patrick Bernard´s aim then¸ as now¸ was to bring some of the world´s greatest wines direct to wine lovers from the Châteaux.
Over the past 15 years¸ we have made over 300¸000 deliveries to more than 65¸000 satisfied customers and our expert knowledge and range of top Bordeaux wines is recognised and applauded by the international wine press and the wine trade.
Millésima continues to supply more and more wine enthusiasts with top wines from France¸ Europe and the rest of the world. With the passion on French fine wine¸ in 2010¸ Millésima is going to extend their network to Hong Kong¸ offer wide choices of En Primeur fine wine to the market.
