Bourgeois Wines

Bourgeois Family Selections is a highly specialized importing company that puts the focus on the greatest wine nation in the world, France. The heart and soul of France are the small estates which are the very pulse of its lifeblood, “le vin”. We put the spotlight where it belongs, on the terroir that generations of the same family have toiled, the handpicked grapes, wine lovingly made with the knowledge handed down father to son, since time immemorial. Jean-Philippe is a sixth generation legacy in the beer, wine and spirits industry in his native country. He has spent years traveling the wine regions and countless time scouring the back roads of Gaul for unique, hand selected, organic wines. Our goal is to bring you what only a Frenchman can; the most exciting undiscovered gems of the old world; beautiful, passionately hand made wines, never before available in the US market.

Our mission is straightforward: to empower our small estate producers from emerging regions as well as ancestral regions, which we feel represent the absolute best of the best, to market these wines with diligence and honor within the US and abroad and to make our wines approachable and great values to the American consumer. The company is owned and managed by the Bourgeois family. As a native of France, Jean-Philippe is personally and professionally committed to empowering the small estate producers by achieving the highest possible level of quality distribution, awareness, and image in the US market and abroad. We endeavor to recognize and represent innovative, progressive and unique winemakers and their vineyards from both ancestrally recognized areas as well as regions that are considered to be newly emerging within the US market but have been known for their wine making prowess since antiquity.

"In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary."
- Ernest Hemingway

The People
	Jean-Philippe Bourgeois Over the past 6 years, Jean-Philippe was the General Manager for one of the top importers in the country and one of the most respected men in the industry, Eric Solomon of European Cellars. Six years spent with the best of the best honed to a fine sheen his lifelong passion for wine. He has also consulted for several projects to help start or improve the efficiency of various importers. Since a young age, Jean-Philippe has been traveling within the viniculture regions of France and Europe. Due to his lifelong passion for wine, international education, resulting in 2 BAs and one MBA, extensive travel and fluency in three languages: French, English and Spanish; he is uniquely suited to facilitate the best interests of producers and distributors, and provide American customers with hand selected and unique fine wines.


	Stephanie Bourgeois Stephanie grew up working in her family’s commercial greenhouses; growing and harvesting luxury products such as the Calla Lily all the way to wholesale and retail sales on the East Coast. Many years in sales and marketing within the financial sector left her ready to grow again. Having traveled extensively throughout the viticulture regions of Europe and Asia she has an in depth perspective of the global wine trade. Based in Asheville, NC Stephanie is your sales contact for the Eastern part of the United States.


	Jem Emery Jem Emery is a wonderful addition to Bourgeois Wines. Her love of wine began when she entered into the culinary field and soon became an accomplished pastry chef. Besides rocking the pastry aspect Jem is a gourmet chef as well. These unusual and wine pairing friendly skills combined with over ten years of experience in operations and logistics makes her unusually capable as our office manager. Jem’s keen business acumen is available to aid and abet all of our clients.

If you need information about Bourgeois Family Selections, email us, call 704-837-2441, or feel free to use our online request form.