BOUCHARD Aîné & Fils. Archives of a Burgundy house. When Michel Bouchard set up a flourishing linen and cloth business in Burgundy in 1731, and then developed a business as a wine merchant, he established the family's Burgundy roots. His eldest son, Joseph, took over in 1750, anchoring the Bouchard family in the Côte-d'Or. From the end of the 18th century, Joseph Bouchard set about enlarging his estate in Volnay and his house in Beaune, ushering in an era of prolific acquisitions and the rise of the wine merchant. The French Revolution marked a decisive step, enabling the family to reconstitute the great estates of the Ancien Régime by acquiring vines that had belonged to abbeys and the nobility. These included Clos Saint Landry, Avaux, Teurons and Enfant Jésus in Beaune. "Vigne de l'Enfant Jésus". According to legend, Marguerite du Saint Sacrement, a Carmelite nun who founded the "Domestiques de la famille du Saint Enfant Jésus", prayed for Queen Anne of Austria to give France a Dauphin and predicted the birth of King Louis XIV of France. Since then, this terroir in the heart of the "Les Grèves" appellation has borne the name of "l'Enfant Jésus". In 1811, the name "Bouchard Père et Fils" became official. Acquisitions continued throughout the 19th century. From 1785 to the end of the 19th century, the name remained unchanged. Bouchard Père et Fils had been established at Château de Beaune since 1820. With a vineyard of over 130 hectares, including 12 hectares of Grand Cru and 74 hectares of Premier Cru, Bouchard Père & Fils has been the largest owner of Beaune 1er Cru for several generations. Interesting archive containing : - Bouchard/Tainturier partnership agreement, 29 February and 18 June 1761. Balance of the company's accounts as at 29 February 1772. 7 December 1775. - Correspondence addressed to Bouchard and Tainturier, wine merchants, 1761. 5 items. - Contrat d'atermoiement du sieur Ganiare, 23 November 1769, 26 pp. folio. - Memorandum from Messrs Neurige and Tainturier from February 1764 to July 1769 to Bouchard and Tainturier. Sale of fabrics. - Letter from a customer in Rome, 19 July 1775 " ... your wine in barrels is worth nothing this well the truth jan aÿ sold some bottles which my ettés (daloi?) sent back ... your wine in bottle is very good selat me sufirat for this year". - Correspondence Philibert Patriarche, 5 April - 14 November 1770. 18 documents and 2 Bouchard copies. Concerning wines and fabrics. - Partnership deed between Joseph Bouchard and his son Antoine Bouchard, 26 November 1785. - Idem between Antoine Bouchard and his son Bernard, 1811. - Memorandum from Chocane for Messrs Bouchard and Patriarche, 22 August 1780. - Receipt from Bouchard père, 12 June 1787. - 3 documents on taxes owed by Bouchard, 1786-1790. - Copy of the will of Joseph Bouchard, 23 May 1789, opened on 11 July 1809. - Protets. 3 documents from year 11 (1803-4), with the bailiff's account. - 3 documents from around 1810 concerning the Champant vineyard in Volnay being acquired by Bouchard. -Joint: Acquisition of a vineyard in Corton by Jean Roze, 1704. - Book of commissions 1805. Index, folio. - Book of available wines. I811. In-4 paperback - Batch of correspondence, estimates, tariffs. 1810-1845, about fifty items. - Acquisitions of vines and estates. 1829-1843. 10 items: Partition between Blaise Maire and Marie Bouchard 1829-1843 and extract from the Geissweiler-Bouchard marriage contract 1834. 6 items: Deeds of acquisition from M. de Saussure by Charles Bouchard at Grives and Epenottes (near Epernay) 1842-1844, attached is the deed of sale of Epenottes by Blondeau-Chantrier to Baron de Joursanvault, November 1836. - Correspondence from Jacob, travelling clerk in Belgium, 1835-1836, 13 items. - To François Maréchal, winegrower in Volnay, his account with Mr Bouchard-Dechaux, owner in Beaune. Account of a winegrower in Volnay. Small 92-page notebook, 17 of which are handwritten. In fact, this notebook, which runs from 1 January 1831 to 4 January 1842, concerns the work of several workers employed by Mr Bouchard-Dechaux (Document 17). - Marine bill of lading for BAF. 1840-1870, set of 83 items, preserved in a blue percaline case covered with marbled paper, blue silk lace. - Inter vivos donation, 1853; Family partition, 1854. - Small file of correspondence with a view to acquiring the Domaine de l'Andalouse, near Oran. 1892-1896. - Account book of stocks of carbon sulphide, sulphate, etc. Breakdown by property. 1895-1899. - Inventories of London branch stocks, 1903-1905. - PHOTOGRAPHY album 1917-1950. 50 photographs (wineries and vineyards). Some in postcard print, several with format indicated to the printer. - Articles of association 1929, 1941. - Cellar. Inventory of stocks. From 1 January 1922 to 1 February 1936. 2 volumes in folio bound in half leather (green for one, brown for the other, black cloth boards, red basane title labels. - Château de la Tour in Sennecey. Trial for false declaration and usurpation of A.O.P. by M. Bouchard in Beaune and Sennecey. 1936-1937. Complete file. The Maison Bouchard was opposed to the appellation of origin and in favour of branded crus. The Marquis d'Angeville, president of the Syndicat des producteurs, was of the opposite opinion, hence the animosity reported in this file. - Bouchard Ainé & fils. Register of proceedings of the Board of Directors. From 31 January 1929 to 31 March 1941. In-folio bound in black cloth, 203 pp. - Registre Echantillons voyageurs. March 1938 to May 1944. In-folio bound in black cloth, 153 pp. handwritten on the 228 of the register, followed by an index. - Correspondence during trips and miscellaneous (1894-1954). - Question of trade unions 1922. - Charles Bouchard's notebook, 1912, hardback. - My father's last notebook. Charles Bouchard", 1912, paperback. Small file. - Entre Nous" Nos. 1 to 7 (1949-1954). Internal magazine for the staff of the wine house, enriched with captioned photos of BAF's bicentenary, in 2 in-4 volumes. - Prices 1940-1950. - Bouchard Ainé. London branch: Tariffs (Wholesale Price List) Bi-centennial 1950, 7 brochures 1952-1957 (n° 9-12, 14, 15). - CORRESPONDENCE. Letters from Mrs Annette Bouchard to her husband Joseph from 27 November 1814 to 22 April 1815, 40 letters; from 14 November to 14 December 1815, 7 letters (head margins damaged); from 23 December 1815 to 23 April 1816, 20 letters; from 29 November 1816 to 6 April 1917, 19 letters; from 22 December 1818 to 8 April 1819, 27 letters; from 15 October 1822 to 11 March 1823, 37 letters + 2 letters from his son Paul; from 4 December 1824 to 17 February 1825, 28 letters + 1 from his son and 19 letters from Joseph Bouchard to his wife; 1826 and 1827, 40 letters; letters addressed to Théodore Bouchard-Maire on a trip with his daughter Adèle by his wife Marie and his eldest son Paul, 1838, 9 letters.