Chanel expands its footprint in the wine sector with the acquisition of wine merchant Lavinia

Castles, wine merchants and a rapidly expanding distribution network. Chanel owns three estates in the Bordeaux region – Châteaux Berliquet and Canon in Saint-Emilion and Château Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux – as well as Domaine de l’Ile in Porquerolles (Var). For the past 30 years, Chanel has also owned Ulysse Cazabonne, a company specialising in the trading of grands crus.

Based in Margaux and operating in more than 75 countries, the Gironde-based company currently employs around fifty people, and will soon be able to add further visibility to its portfolio of brands thanks to its tie-up with wine merchant Lavinia.