Prince Robert de Luxembourg. Courtesy of Domaine Clarence Dillon. F. Poincet @ OccitMedia
Prince Robert de Luxembourg is taking Domaine Clarence Dillon and Château Haut-Brion, one of Bordeaux?s most prestigious wine estates, into the future by creating new winemaking facilities, a fine wine shop and a visitor centre. LUX speaks with him about mixing the worlds of art and fine wine, and growing the family business
Prince Robert de Luxembourg ? just plain Robert to his friends and this interviewer ? is in a hurry, although you wouldn?t know it. He is about to embark on his first family trip to the US, to visit the American side of his family, since before the pandemic. But if he?s ruffled by having to deal with the stresses of international travel currently, he isn?t showing it. ?And how have things been with you"? he asks, listening thoughtfully and diverting briefly into a conversation about how curious the media world is right now. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
Robert is someone who could easily have done very little at all; after becoming involved in the family company a decade earlier, in 2002 he became Managing Director of the family?s holding of Domaine Clarence Dillon, which owns, among others, one of the world?s most celebrated wine estates, Château Haut-Brion. Haut-Brion is what is known by connoisseurs as a ?First Growth?, standing alongside Châteaux Lafite, Mouton-Rothschild, Latour and Margaux; the China-driven rise in values of these wi...