AQUITAINE WINE COMPANY - Key Persons

Jean Calvet (1925- ), the 5th generation in direct line, takes over business. Under his management, Calvet consolidates its number one position as the largest negociant in France with a dominant market share in Europe.

Jean-Christophe Calvet, the 6th generation, goes to work for Maison Calvet as Director of Exports. Jean Christophe joins the Groupe Remy Amerique in NY and eventually becomes VP of Marketing, USA. He is later promoted to position of Country Manager for Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador and eventually Managing Director of Remy Ireland. Jean Christophe leaves the Group Remy Cointreau. He and Margaret and their sons return to Bordeaux, buying the Eiffel family home in the historic wine district, just a few feet from the Calvet ancestral home on Jardin Public and down the road from the original Maison Calvet offices. Jean Christophe begins a small wine merchant operation.

Maison Calvet headquarters in Tain is closed following the devastation wrought by phylloxera in the Cotes du Rhone region. Maison Calvet begins working out of Beaune, but Bordeaux becomes the head office.