1. Jean-Charles Boisset was born on 1969 and is a French vintner and the proprietor of the Boisset Collection, which operates 28 wineries in California, France, and Canada.
31 Facts About Jean-Charles Boisset
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Jean-Charles Boisset moved to California in the early nineties and purchased his first winery, Lyeth Estates and in 1999 he co-founded Domaine de la Vougeraie with his sister, Nathalie.
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In 2003, Jean-Charles Boisset purchased DeLoach Vineyards in California's Russian River Valley AVA, followed by Raymond Vineyards, located in Napa Valley, California, in 2009 and Buena Vista Winery, located in Sonoma, California, in 2011.
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Jean-Charles Boisset is the son of Jean-Claude and Claudine Boisset, who founded their family winery, Jean-Claude Boisset, Burgundy, France in 1961.
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When Jean-Charles Boisset was seven years old, he tried two wines from Burgundy: a 1969 Clos de Vougeot and a 1964 Bonnes Mares.
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Jean-Charles Boisset's grandparents were part of the French Resistance and his grandfather would go on to fight in World War II.
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Jean-Charles Boisset's grandparents encouraged him to visit the United States and to dream to live there one day.
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Jean-Charles Boisset studied business and finance at the University of London, followed by graduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Jean-Charles Boisset earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.
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Jean-Charles Boisset was exposed to the wine industry at an early age.
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Jean-Charles Boisset was raised in his family's home near Clos de Vougeot and spent considerable time in the family's vineyards.
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Jean-Charles Boisset chose to operate the office, relocating to San Francisco.
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Shortly thereafter, Jean-Charles Boisset purchased his first California winery, Lyeth Estates.
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In 2003, Jean-Charles Boisset purchased DeLoach Vineyards in California's Russian River Valley AVA, followed by Raymond Vineyards, located in Napa Valley, California, in 2009 and Buena Vista Winery, located in Sonoma, California, in 2011.
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In total, the Jean-Charles Boisset Collection includes 24 wineries in Burgundy, Beaujolais, the Rhone Valley, the South of France, Napa, Sonoma and Monterey, California, and Quebec.
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Jean-Charles Boisset is interested in small production wines that are made utilizing Burgundian winemaking techniques, including the use of pigeage, open-top fermentation, and terroir.
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Jean-Charles Boisset produced two wines: a Clos du Vougeot Blanc and La Montee Rouge.
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Jean-Charles Boisset purchased Buena Vista Winery, the oldest commercial winery in California, in 2011.
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Jean-Charles Boisset hired contractors, including preservationists to assist with the renovations.
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Additionally, the winery has a wine tool museum and houses a "Bubble Lounge," where guests can taste and purchase Jean-Charles Boisset's JCB sparkling wine.
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JCB No 39 is named after the year Jean-Charles Boisset's grandparents were married.
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In 2016, Jean-Charles Boisset opened the JCB Tasting Salon and Atelier by JCB in Yountville.
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Under the JCB label, Jean-Charles Boisset produces The Surrealist, a Napa Valley red blend wine, decanters, and jewelry in one package.
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Jean-Charles Boisset has acknowledged that while glass wine bottles have "romance and aesthetic," and the importance of glass for aging wine.
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Jean-Charles Boisset introduced Yellow Jersey, a wine brand sold in plastic bottles, using wine from Vin de Pays d'Oc.
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In 2011, Jean-Charles Boisset introduced "barrel-to-barrel," packaging at Raymond Vineyards and DeLoach.
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Jean-Charles Boisset has introduced a Beaujolais in an aluminum container called Mommessin.
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Jean-Charles Boisset is credited with being one of the first Burgundian vintners to use screwcaps instead of corks.
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Jean-Charles Boisset met Gina Gallo, winemaker at Gallo Family Vineyards, in 2006 at a tasting room in Bordeaux.
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Since 2007, Jean-Charles Boisset has been named to Decanters Power List.
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That same year, Jean-Charles Boisset was awarded the first ever recipient of the French-American Partnership of Excellence Award awarded by the French-American Foundation.