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At the end of the 18th Century, Theophile de Cazenove-Van Jever, a Huguenot and Dutch minister to the United States , ancestor of the current Cazenove wine owners led over a colony of Hollanders to Central New York , which settled in and around the town, « Cazenovia » in the State of New York . He had become an American citizen in 1794, and his name is perpetuated in the village of Cazenovia. His portrait by St. Memin hangs in the Corcoran Gallery in Washington. His Brother founded the famous Cazenove and Co Company which is today a leading independent investment bank in the London Market www.cazenove.com the Queen's stockbroker, with an office in New York . |
The Château de Cazenove wine always has been popular in the USA and americans were among the first customers to taste the wine. The reasons for this attraction are historic.