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Continuing in his family's tradition of wine, Guy worked for 17 years for Berry Bros & Rudd Ltd, both buying and selling wines but left them in order to rekindle his family's old wine business of A. Boursot & Co. which he then ran for 11 years. More recently, he has set up businesses in northern France, whilst advising both British and French companies and individuals on various different aspects of wine. Since 2004 he has developed his wine writing, his vineyard tours business and more recently, a wine shop in the beautiful and historic town of Ardres in northern France, where he can share with customers his passion for the entire world of wine.
For around a century, one of the family homes was Château Boursot in Saint-Pierre (now subsumed into Calais), so Guy's return to that area has provided a curious and unexpected discovery of just one small part of his family's roots. The Boursot story is extra-ordinary indeed - it is one that is inextricably linked with wine - almost back to the moment when wine was first commercialised. One of Guy Boursot's current tasks is to try and chronicle as much as possible of this incredible heritage. |
The Boursot family has been making wine in the village of Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits of Burgundy continuously since the mid-17th century. In 1828, Guy Boursot's great-great grandfather came over to the UK to set up the agency for a product that had recently been invented - this wine was Champagne! Perrier-Jouët, the prestigious Grande Marque Champagne, continued to be handled by the Boursots for 130 years, contributing to the vast success of the dry effervescent wine that we know today, and there are several "firsts" that have been attributed to the family. Over the last 350 years the Boursots have been at the forefront of the wine business.
Guy is a member of the Worshipful Company of Vintners as well as a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, and writes articles for magazines and websites. Over the last 30 years, he has also given well in excess of 1,000 talks - mostly on wine. He has also appeared on both radio and television.
