Cazenove is one of the most American Bordeaux wine. The reason lies in the story of Teophile de Cazenove, Louis de Cazenove direct ancestor 

A native of Holland, he was descendant of a French aristocrat Huguenot Family that fled the French religion wars.

He moved to the US as a banker to establish the Holland Land company on behalf of four renowned Dutch bankers.

Having toured the east coast, Cazenove purchased nearly five million acres of land in western New York and northern and western Pennsylvania. He also invested in a number of important canal projects.

In 1794, he founded the town of Cazenovia in Madison County in upstate New York.

He settled on Market street in Philadelphia and had relationships with many of the most important individuals in young America’s government that included friendships with Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and George Washington.

Teophile de Cazenove was renowned in his day for hosting grand dinners accompanied by the finest Bordeaux wines, often including Talleyrand, who would become the future Foreign Minister of Napoleon. A chronicler of 1795 wrote “Talleyrand and Beaumetz [may] live together, but they both eat at Cazenove’s on Market Street” — thus the expression ‘dine with us’ means ‘with Cazenove’.

Talleyrand and his amazing Chef Carême later became well known for creating a ‘Diplomacy of Gastronomy’ by inviting Kings and key diplomats to his table at his chateau of Valencay. It is said that Tallyrand was well inspired by Teophile de Cazenove.