GCF Exclusive (Les Grands Chais de France On Trade and Independent Merchant Division)

GCF Exclusive is the independent specialist arm of Les Grands Chais de France - previously known as Famille Helfrich - that was founded in 1979 and has grown to become the leading producer and exporter of French wines and spirits. It now has an independent portfolio of over 1,000 wines available, including owning 80 domaines and chateaux’s across some of the best terroir France has to offer and a growing number of producers around the world – including Danubiana in Hungary and Las Ninas in Chile and HXM in Germany.

Its French Domaines includes properties such as Chateau de Fesles and Chateau du Cleray in the Loire, Chateau Cantin & Faizeau in Bordeaux, Chateau Chalon & Domaine De Savagny Vin de Paille in the Jura, Domaine Mas Belles Eaux & La Baume in the Languedoc. There is also Chartron et Trébuchet and Pierre André & Moillard from Burgundy. 

Working with GCF Exclusive wines gives you the ability as an independent or on-trade wholesaler to buy direct from a producer from appellations all over France, with one delivery, plus a growing international stable of producers too.

Facts and figures

* It is working across 4,286 hectares of vineyards around the world.

* Of which 3,405 are in France and 881 are around the world including 197 in Spain, 244 in Chile and 440 in South Africa.

* 34% of its wines are organic or in conversion and 99% of properties are HVE certified or in conversion.