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unusual facts about Château Haut-Bailly


Château Haut-Bailly

The current owner, since 1998, is the American banker Robert G. Wilmers, with Daniel Sanders' grand daughter Veronique Sanders functioning as general manager, and Gabriel Vialard employed as technical manager.


Antoine-Nicolas Bailly

Architect Ernest Sanson began his career as a draftsman in Bailly's firm, and took over the office in 1865.

Bailly Nuclear Power Plant

The Bailly Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant project to be located near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, United States.

Château Haut-Brion

Samuel Pepys wrote in The Diarist, having tasted the wine at Royal Oak Tavern on April 10, 1663, to have "drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryen that hath a good and most particular taste I never met with".

Clarence Dillon

An oenophile as well, Dillon negotiated for months with André Gibert, to purchase Château Haut-Brion and ultimately did so on May 13, 1935 for 2,300,000 francs.

Cruse family

Other famous châteaux owned at some time by members of the Cruse family include Château la Dame Blanche, Château Haut-Bages-Libéral, Château Giscours, and Château Rauzan-Ségla.

Loulou de la Falaise

Her niece, Lucie Le Bailly de La Falaise (born 19 February 1973), a model, is the wife of Marlon Richards, son of Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg.

Médoc

With the exception of Château Haut-Brion from Graves, all of the red wines in the 1855 Classification are from the Médoc.

Trans-Andean railways

Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles - ENFE, operator of the National Railways of Bolivia, and consultant Hagler Bailly, United States, have signed a contract to undertake an economic feasibility study into the proposed $US 1 billion 338 km AiquileSanta Cruz Railway (IRJ July p6).

Vitalism

Mesmer's ideas became so influential that King Louis XVI of France appointed two commissions to investigate mesmerism; one was led by Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the other, led by Benjamin Franklin, included Bailly and Lavoisier.


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