Category: Négociants en Vins

Categories: Négociants

According to Wikipedia, A négociant is the French term for a wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name. Négociants buy everything from grapes to grape must to wines in various states of completion. In the case of grapes or must, the négociant performs virtually all the winemaking. If it buys already fermented wine in barrels or 'en-vrac'—basically in bulk containers, it may age the wine further, blend in other wines or simply bottle and sell it as is. The result is sold under the name of the négociant, not the name of the original grape or wine producer.

Négociants, who are also called Wine Merchants/Traders, were the dominant force in the wine trade until the last 25 years for various reasons:

• Historically the owners of vineyards and producers of wine had no direct access to buyers.
• It was too expensive for growers to purchase the wine presses and bottling lines necessary to produce a finished wine.
• Owning only a small portion of a particular high-quality single vineyard (lieu-dit) meant that a grower often had insufficient wine from a parcel to vinify on its own. Under French inheritance laws, vineyard holdings were often split until offspring owned no more than a single row of grapes, not enough to fill a barrel. Since prices for a premier cru (first growth) are typically higher than for wines from a larger area like a village or region, the grower could make more money selling off the production as the premier cru rather than blending it into a less specific appellation.

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John Baxter abt 1870 County Fermanagh, Ireland

Joseph Beardmore 1840 Liscard, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Mar 1903

George Beckingsale 1838 Evesham, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 1892

Theodore Blanchard 30 May 1821 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States - 17 Apr 1892

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Benedictus Hubertus Otto Caracciola 25 Feb 1852 Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 31 Mar 1914

Franciscus Aloysius Caracciola 05 Dec 1839 Andernach, Mayen, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 15 Aug 1873

Otto Georgius Caracciola 25 Dec 1854 Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 04 Jun 1895

Richard Child 08 Jun 1801 Streatley, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1882

Victor Child 16 May 1887 Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 1946

Richard Cossins 06 Oct 1823 Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jun 1898

Arthur Crane 16 Nov 1861 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 16 Jul 1926

John Crane bef 28 May 1833 Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire, England - bef 1891

John Crane 22 Aug 1854 West Derby, Lancashire, England - 27 Jan 1933

Richard Crane 06 Feb 1852 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 1884

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Edward Fitzgerald abt 1890 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 06 Jul 1946

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Arthur Gore 02 Jan 1868 Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 1928

Charles Gray 08 Jul 1848 Bombay, India - 17 Sep 1911

Valentine Griffith abt 1828 Tasmania, Australia - 27 Dec 1875

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Patrick Hall abt 1823 Ireland - 10 Aug 1905

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Tom Hardy 29 Aug 1890 Underdale, South Australia. - 25 Oct 1938

Arthur Hartkopf abt 1886 Colony of Victoria. - 10 Oct 1928

Charles Heidsieck 16 May 1822 Reims, Marne, France - 03 Feb 1893

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Henry Jefferson abt Jan 1801 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England - 19 Jul 1877

Henry Jefferson 1750 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England - 1827

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Hermanus Cornelis Luitingh 10 Oct 1861 Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands - 24 May 1938

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Samuel Mahood abt 1837

Marshall McKay abt 1798 Kilrea, County Londonderry, Ireland - 27 Oct 1860

Neil Browne McMahon 27 Apr 1872 Castle-street, Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland - 14 Feb 1946

Stephen McNena abt 1834 County Tyrone, Ireland - 07 Dec 1911

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John Newsam 28 Nov 1831 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1877

James Nicoll 21 Oct 1821 Kingston, Jamaica - 28 Jul 1885

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Thomas Oliver 01 Apr 1872 Cahore, Ballynascreen, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland - 1959

Aaron Orme 19 Sep 1839 Congleton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jun 1907

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John Albert Pearson 1857 Westmorland, England, United Kingdom - 1892

Henry Price 22 Jan 1849 Kopuya, South Australia - 22 Aug 1895

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Abraham Reist 18 Feb 1826 Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - 18 Dec 1882

Francis Robertson abt 1815 Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jul 1895

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Lewis Sandeman 06 May 1882 Ladhope, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 07 Jul 1967

Johann Friedrich Sander 11 Jul 1835 Wulfstorf, Bienenbüttel, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Franz Scheibenpflug 01 Dec 1767 Höbenbach, Krems, Lower Austria, Austria - 02 Oct 1840

Francis Sharman 20 Oct 1835 Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Henry Sirr abt 25 Nov 1764 County Dublin, Ireland - 07 Jan 1841

William Smith bef 29 May 1785 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

IJsbrand Hendrik Francois Vincent Staal 09 Jul 1861 Nijehaske, Friesland, Nederland - 11 May 1924

Wybrand Havicksz Steen abt 1630 Leiden, Holland, Nederland - abt 1704

Theresa (Stripling) Huggins 08 Aug 1936 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 24 Sep 2012

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Henry Twelves 25 Sep 1858 Corfu, Greece - 13 Dec 1931

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Francis Watson 01 Aug 1876 Dulwich, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 12 May 1958

Henry Watson 28 May 1851 Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 14 Feb 1896

Henry Watson 01 Feb 1819 Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Jan 1893

William Weir abt 1862 Drum, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland - abt 15 Sep 1934

Henry Wellburn 02 Oct 1842 Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Sep 1876

Arthur Wolff 1868 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

Herbert Wolff 1872 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom - 1945

Sigismund Wolff 1833 - 1898

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