Workshop #11 – Château Angélus: The Past, Present and Future of Bordeaux Classification (FULL)

About Stéphanie

Born in 1982 in Bordeaux, Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal grew up in Saint-Émilion. Stéphanie has managed the wine château for the past five years. She is the third woman in the past centuries to have taken charge of what now includes 96 acres (39 hectares) of vines and winemaking facilities. She is now the Managing Director of Château Angélus.

A graduate of Bordeaux University’s Economics Department and of the European Business School ESCP-EAP, she started her career in private banking in London at UBS, where she stayed until 2009, before joining the prestigious Swiss bank Pictet to continue in the field of private asset management.

In 2009, Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal became member of Angélus’ supervisory board, thereby becoming directly involved in managing the estate.

In 2012, her father Hubert de Boüard de Laforest and her uncle Jean-Bernard Grenié asked her to join them and manage the estate for the eighth generation of the Boüard de Laforest family. She therefore left Pictet and henceforward spends all her time in charge of her family’s business activities as Deputy General Manager of Angélus.

In 2013, she carried out the acquisition of the Saint-Émilion restaurant Logis de la Cadène and established a new team there managed by the young talented chef Alexandre Baumard.