Château Angelus – with Hubert de Boüard and the Commanderie de

Château Angelus – with Hubert de Boüard and the Commanderie de Bordeaux

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Winegrowing is in Hubert de Boüard’s genes. He grew up surrounded by his family’s vines at Château Angélus in Saint-Emilion, and his father bought him his first pair of secateurs, when he was 7, so he could go out and prune the vines. The estate has been owned by the Boüard de Laforest family since […]

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