America’s largest house is also America’s vineyard.
Planted in 1971, Biltmore’s 94
acres of vineyards
yielded her first vintage in 1979. In keeping with the
Vanderbilt family’s quest for excellence, heir and
former owner of Biltmore William A.V. Cecil traveled
to France to hire Biltmore’s first winemaker and
viticulturist. Cecil brought back Philippe Jourdain, a
sixth generation winemaker, to shape the Biltmore
Estates vineyard and winery.
Jourdain re-planted the estate exclusively with
French varietals - Chardonnay, Riesling, Viognier,
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot.
Nary, a Scuppernong vine can be found in this French
crowd. With a further nod to the French, new wine
master, Monsieur Bernard Delille is now producing a
blanc de noir and blanc de blanc sparkling wine
produced in the traditional French “méthode
champenoise.”
Today, Cecil’s son, Bill Cecil, Jr. (great grandson of
Biltmore founder George Vanderbilt) has taken the
Biltmore Winery to the next level. Cecil installed a
90,000 square foot, state-of-the-art wine facility housed
in a converted dairy barn on the Biltmore property. The
winery churns out over 170,000 cases of wine yearly
with five different labels.
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