Champagne Bricout
is a Champagne company created in 1966 [1] in Avize, subsidiary of Kupferberg (German sparkling wine), producing in 1998, 3 million bottles per year [2], [3].
Acquired in 1998 by Martin Financial which facing major financial difficulties, sold Bricout in 2003 to the financial holding US-Luxembourg Opson Schneider, but they went into bankruptcy, causing a scandal unprecedented in Champagne [4], [5],[6],[7].
Following the liquidation of the assets of Pierre Martin, LVMH and Vranken-Pommery Monopole have shared in 2003, 400 hectares of vineyards and wine Bricout-Delbeck contracts, including 200 ha from Bricout, Avize [8],[9].
Bricout Champagne is made since 2003 by the Vranken Pommery Monopole, but actually only remains the brand, while the Chateau and cellars of Champagne Bricout located in Avize have been abandoned at the time of recovery.
references
- ^ Legal status of the company
- ^ "Le Champagne Bricout change de mains" Avril 1998
- ^ " Champagne Bricout changing hands, April 1998
- ^ Article de l'Union - Corinne Lange - 4 Mai 2011
- ^ Newspaper l'Union - May 4, 2011
- ^ Deux repreneurs pour les Champagnes Bricout et Delbeck - L'Usine Nouvelle - 20 Août 2003
- ^ Two buyers for Champagnes Bricout and Delbeck - August 20, 2003
- ^ Reprise confirmée de Bricout-Delbeck par Vranken-Pommery et Moët et Chandon - Les Echos 14 Novembre 2003
- ^ Recovery confirmed Bricout-Delbeck by Vranken-Pommery and Moet et Chandon - November 14, 2003