Ep 428: Laurent Delaunay of Maison Edouard Delaunay -- The Magnificent Story of a Family's Loss & Triumph in Burgundy

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://edouard-delaunay.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/logo.png" alt="" width="128" height="76" /></a><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/portrait.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /><br /> <span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Catherine & Laurent Delaunay, photo from <a href="https://www.badet-clement.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Badet Clément</a></em></span></p> <p>Laurent Delaunay of <a href= "https://edouard-delaunay.com/en">Maison Edouard Delaunay</a> in Bourgogne (Burgundy) as well as <a href= "https://www.badet-clement.com/">Badet Clément</a> and under that many estates and DVP or Domaines et Vins de Propriété joins the show to discuss his amazing story of loss and triumph in Bourgogne (Burgundy).</p> <p> </p> <p>Laurent’s family wine ties stretch back to 1771 in the Loire, but the Delaunay name was made as one of the historic great houses of Bourgogne. The domaine began in 1893 and by the 1920s, the wines of the <a href="https://edouard-delaunay.com/en">Delaunay</a>’s could be found in top restaurants in around France and beyond -- The Ritz in London, Raffles in Singapore – and in the prestigious travel companies of the time -- the French Line, the Orient Express, Wagons-Lits, Cunard, Air France. The Delaunays also distributed the wines for producers like Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and the Liger-Belair family (La Romanée), and helped create the <em>Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin</em> in 1934.<br /> <a href="https://edouard-delaunay.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><br /></a></p> <p>But with many twists and turns, in 1989 the family lost control of the Domaine and Laurent Delaunay, fresh out of enology school, was forced to forge his own path with his enologist wife, Catherine. What the two managed to accomplish is mind-boggling and as you will hear, Laurent managed a feat in Burgundy few could.</p> <p><br