Boisset Family Estates

Boisset Family Estates: Bringing innovation to an age-old industry

Boisset Family Estates is an innovative, eco-minded, family-owned producer and importer of fine wines based in Burgundy, France. Boisset seeks to express the qualities of its wines with an "art de vivre" and style that consistently enhances terroir, provenance, history, heritage and quality. The philosophy behind each wine is tied to a vision of sustainability and desire to provide wines for every moment, mode of consumption and occasion.

With a passion for excellence, Boisset Family Estates is one of the top French wine companies and a leading family-owned wine and spirits producer. Its family of wineries and employees is dedicated to a tradition of quality and respect for terroir, showcased through the premium quality of its wines and sustainable farming practices. Simultaneously, Boisset leads innovations in the wine world that address climate change, reduce waste, reduce CO2 emissions, and protect the long-term sustainability of the wine industry.

Boisset Family Estates' extensive portfolio offers a variety of wines with significant history and strong identity. This family of wineries is united in its pursuit of sustainable practices at every point in a wine's life, from vineyard to dinner table. The portfolio's historical wineries, grounded in centuries-old sustainable farming practices, are complemented by innovative and sustainable packaging options that deliver important benefits for the environment by reducing the wine's carbon footprint, and providing value, convenience and choice to consumers.

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Press Highlights

Wine Enthusiast
December 2008
Innovator of the Year: Jean Charles Boisset, Boisset Family Estates (PDF, 4.23 MB)
"Jean-Charles Boisset of Boisset Family Estates in Burgundy and Sonoma, is a leader in environmentally safe packaging of wine. You've seen his wines in recyclable Tetra-paks, PET bottles and aluminum bottles on your store shelves."

Wall Street Journal
November 2008
Higher Prices, New Options Damp Demand for Beaujolais (PDF, 429 KB)
"Among efforts to reduce shipping weight, and also the wine's carbon footprint: This year several labels are bottling their Beaujolais Nouveau in recyclable plastic…Mommessin and Bouchard Aîné & Fils, both distributed by Boisset Family Estates, will come in a plastic bottle for the first time this year"

MSNBC
November 2008
Beaujolais Nouveau goes 'green' - in plastic (PDF, 315 KB)
"Boisset, the second-largest maker of Beaujolais Nouveau, is bottling its entire harvest in PET bottles that are 'absolutely recyclable,' said Patrick Egan, a spokesman for Boisset America."

Today
November 2008
Beaujolais Nouveau goes 'green' - in plastic (PDF, 312 KB)
"Boisset, the second-largest maker of Beaujolais Nouveau, is bottling its entire harvest in PET bottles that are 'absolutely recyclable,' said Patrick Egan, a spokesman for Boisset America."

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Press Kit

Background

Boisset Family Estates Press Kit (PDF, 254 KB)

Biography of Jean Charles Boisset (PDF, 70 KB)

BFE: Where Innovation Meets Creativity, Convenience, and Environmental Commitment (PDF, 332 KB)

BFE: Where Burgundy Meets California (PDF, 317 KB)

Press Releases

November 2008
BFE: Innovation Meets Tradition with Boisset's New Unveiling (PDF, 540 KB)

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