Facing the Challenges of Growing a Wine Company with Jordane Andrieu

04/03/17 • 62 min

Jordane Andrieu (@heritagefinewines) is the owner of Heritage Fine Wines wine store and bar located in Beverley Hills & proprietor of Domain Clos du Moulins aux Moins in Burgundy.

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In this episode, Jordane and I dig into his story, how he went from working for an engineering company in Paris to running an estate in Burgundy while studying viticulture & oenology and converting the vineyard to organic. He shares with us the trials and tribulations that goes into making world class wine in Burgundy and how Pablo Picasso’s godson designed wine labels for him.

We then get into the story behind him moving from Burgundy to Los Angeles without speaking any English. Then on top of that figuring out how to start Heritage, his wine shop and bar in Beverley Hills, jumping through all of the regulatory hoops, and probably the greatest challenge of educating consumers on the wines, how he markets the business, and overcoming the cultural differences of business in general.

Jordane has an incredible story and one that continues to evolve each day. He has big plans for the next few years which he tells us about as well.

Before we get into the show, have you subscribed to the podcast yet and left us a review? If not, please do so. It helps other passionate wine lovers like yourself find it! It’s also super simple to do. Just go on to your podcasting app on your phone, find the podcast and click subscribe. There will be another button to leave a review as well. Thanks for doing that! I really appreciate it!

In this episode we mention...

Clos du Moulins aux Moins Heritage Fine Wines Auxey-Duresses Meursault Cote de Beaune Baltasar Dürrbach, Pablo Picasso’s godson Jordane’s Pinot Noir Vin Nature Wine Label Languedoc-Roussillon Cotes Catalanes Tom Lubbe, Domaine Matassa Real Wine Fair Domaine Olivier Pithon Dominique of Domaine Hauvette

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Heritage Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Clos du Moulin Website

Jordane Andrieu (@heritagefinewines) is the owner of Heritage Fine Wines wine store and bar located in Beverley Hills & proprietor of Domain Clos du Moulins aux Moins in Burgundy.

Subscribe to our newsletter, Cru Mail, here to learn more about Jordane.

Jordane has an incredible story and one that continues to evolve each day. He has big plans for the next few years which he tells us about as well.

In this episode we mention...

Follow Jordane & Heritage on...

Heritage Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Clos du Moulin Website

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