André Lurton

André Lurton (4 October 1924 – 16 May 2019)[1] was a French winemaker and winery owner.

From the late 1940s, he took an active role in many farming and winemaking organisations, including efforts to relaunch the Syndicat Viticole de l'Entre-Deux-Mers from 1953, and the vice presidency of Syndicat Viticole des Bordeaux et Bordeaux Supérieur from 1965 to 1996.

From 1966 to 1986 he was director of Le Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB).

[4] Vignobles André Lurton, the André Lurton group of Bordeaux wine estates, covers a total of 630 hectares (1,600 acres), of which 264 hectares (650 acres) in Pessac-Légonan,[3] and their combined annual production is 4 million bottles.

[5] In 2012, Credit Agricole Grands Crus, the vineyard-owning subsidiary of the Credit Agricole bank, bought 18% of Vignobles André Lurton, with the other 82% remaining with André Lurton and his children.