Verite was started by Jess Jackson in 1998. Jackson, who died in 2010, was a legend in California winemaking, With Verite, he wanted to make Bordeaux style reds and he brought in French winemaker Pierre Seillan to make his Verite wines.

Perrier-Jouet, in the heart of Champagne, was founded in 1811 by Pierre-Nicolas-Marie Perrier-Jouet. One of Perrier-Jouet’s distinctive features is its Art Nouveau-influenced label, which is still used for the estate’s most prestigious cuvées.

Opus One represents one of the most celebrated winemaking ventures in modern history. It was founded in 1979 as a partnership between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild.