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How the Richelieu Family Built a Winemaking Dynasty in Bordeaux
The Richelieu family name is synonymous with French nobility, but their most enduring legacy is in wine. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace how the Richelieus transformed a modest Bordeaux estate into a global winemaking dynasty spanning four centuries. They explore the family's early investments in terroir, the strategic marriages that consolidated vineyards, and the 19th-century crisis of phylloxera that nearly destroyed them. Lucas unpacks the specific business decisions—from adopting modern bottling techniques to navigating the appellation system—that allowed the Richelieus to…
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