1976-1992 l 1994-2001 l 2002-2003 l 2004-2006 l 2007
Acquisition of the constitutive assets of Champagne firm POMMERY & GRENO through the company POMMERY S.A., owned 66.5% by the company VRANKEN-POMMERY MONOPOLE and 33.5% by the financial investors steered by the regional bank, the Caisse Régionale du Crédit Agricole Mutuel du Nord-Est. Increase (December 2002) in the capital of VRANKEN-POMMERY MONOPOLE by a total of €26.3 million in the context of the POMMERY refinancing operation. VRANKEN MONOPOLE adopts the commercial name and company name of VRANKEN-POMMERY MONOPOLE. Continuation of the investment programme at the principal production plant in Tours-sur-marne, particularly in the field of safety and renewal of certain production equipment. Implementation of an investment programme over several years, with a view to repairing, creating and developing new office accomodation at the Reims site.   Disposal of premises in Epernay, at 17, avenue de Champagne (the Company's former administrative HQ). Acquisition of the assets of the George Goulet brand. Resumption of the supply contract concerning around 200 hectares (approximately 2 million bottles) in the context of the Bricout Delbeck situation, giving the Group the means to achieve assured and controlled growth. Court approved take over of the Bricout Delbeck Group's assets, namely: - an industrial tool adapted to the resumed activity, - the estate of over 5 hectares, - a stock of several million bottles, - 88 employees (including 62 sales representatives), - a portfolio of brands. Acquisition of the Canameira property in the Upper-Douro, which, in the longer term, will ultimately represent 40 hectares of category A wines (compared with 20 hectares under cultivation to date).