Millesima

Country: France

Name: Patrick Bernard

Website: www.millesima.com

Millésima was founded in 1983 by Patrick Bernard and thanks to its expertise and reliability has become Europe's leading fine wine mail order merchant.

The company began life as Les Vins des Grands Vignobles and became Millésima in 1988, when it published its first catalogue of 100 of Bordeaux's greatest wines, the Grands Crus Classés. Patrick Bernard's aim then, as now, was to bring some of the world's greatest wines direct to wine lovers from the Châteaux.

Core Activity:

Since 1992, we have published our list every year on January 1st and it is now available in Germany (€), Belgium (€), Portugal (€), Austria (€), France (€), Switzerland (CHF), Great Britain (£), Ireland (€), Luxembourg (€), Italy (€) and Spain (€). Over the past 15 years, we have made over 250,000 deliveries to more than 55,000 satisfied customers and our expert knowledge and range of top Bordeaux wines is recognised and applauded by the international wine press and the wine trade. We continue to supply more and more wine enthusiasts with top wines from France, Europe and the rest of the world.

We are committed to customer satisfaction. To achieve this, we make all our customers five promises to guarantee choice, quality, excellent transport and delivery terms, price assurance and personalised customer service.

We promise you:

An exceptional range of wines:

from more than 2 500 000 bottles that age slowly in our cellars in Bordeaux. Our list covers Crus Classés and Crus Bourgeois wines from all the Bordeaux vintages of the past 15 years, enabling you easily to find the château and the year you are looking for. We also have a range of the best properties in the Rhône, Burgundy, Alsace and other French regions, plus top wines from the rest of Europe and the New World.

Quality at all levels:

As Millésima buys its wines exclusively from each property, your bottles have been kept in only two cellars, the Châteaux's and ours. Patrick Bernard and his team taste the wines several times a year to ensure all wines selected are in excellent condition and meet Millésima's quality standards. Our cellar guarantees optimum conditions for storing wines and should you ever be in Bordeaux, we would be delighted to show you around at any time.

Guaranteed prices:

All prices in our catalogue are valid from 1st January until 31st December of the current year.

Punctual and professional delivery:

Over the last 20 years, we have made more than 250,000 deliveries to our 55,000 customers in Europe. We guarantee you a service that will take the utmost care of your wine and deliver it promptly to your doorstep.

Millésima has been a member of the IWCA since 1998.