The passion for wine that runs in the French branch of the Rothschild family was born in 1868 when James de Rothschild purchased Château Lafite. His great-grandson, Edmond de Rothschild, began a new chapter in the family adventure in 1973 by acquiring two Crus Bourgeois, Château Clarke and Château Malmaison and so the Compagnie Vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild was born.