Philippe Bascaules began his career at the legendary Château Margaux, one of France’s five First Growth Bordeaux estates, after receiving a degree in agricultural engineering and enology from France’s Montpellier University. He became Château Margaux’s Estate Director in 2000, working alongside its renowned Managing Director, the late Paul Pontallier. Bascaules joined Francis Ford Coppola’s Rutherford estate in the Napa Valley as winemaker and general manager in 2011, the year Coppola re-acquired the Inglenook name. With the untimely passing of Paul Pontallier in 2016, Bascaules returned to Château Margaux as Managing Director. He remains as Director of Winemaking for Inglenook, overseeing the 50-year vineyard plan that he put in place.
Karen MacNeil interviewed Philippe Bascaules for WineSpeed in September 2019.
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