Maisons Marques & Domaines USA Inc. was founded in 1987 as the U.S. sales and marketing arm for Champagne Louis Roederer and its California winery, Roederer Estate.
Today, the company has grown into a well-respected niche-marketer and importer of family-owned, prestigious producers. From France to Portugal, Italy to Spain, and California to South Africa; Maisons Marques & Domaines represents some of the most highly esteemed properties in the world.
Several of the wineries represented by Maisons Marques & Domaines (MMD USA) are owned by the House of Louis Roederer, including Roederer Estate, Scharffenberger Cellars, Ramos-Pinto, Champagne Deutz, Delas Frères, Domaines Ott, and the Bordeaux properties of Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Château de Pez, and Château Haut-Beauséjour. Others, such as a selection of the Châteaux from Etablissements Jean- Pierre Moueix, the wines of Dominus and Napanook in Napa Valley, Château Loudenne, Baron de Ladoucette, Domaines Schlumberger, Agricola Querciabella and Pio Cesare of Italy, Marqués de Murrieta of Spain, Meerlust and Distell wines of South Africa and Maisons Marques & Domaines' own proprietary Carpe Diem wines from the Edna and Napa Valleys, are represented in the U.S. on an exclusive basis.
Maisons Marques & Domaines also has a preferred partnership with Château Cos d'Estournel on a non-exclusive basis.
At the beginning of 2010, Maisons Marques and Domaines added four Bordeaux chateaux (Pétrus, Certan de May, de Sales and Puy-Blanquet) from the Right Bank to its portfolio from Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix, the world renowned "négociant" from Libourne, France. Beginning with the 2008 vintage, MMD has leading representation of Château Petrus, Château Hosanna and Château de Sales as well as exclusive importing, marketing and distribution rights in the United States for Château Certan de May, Pomerol, and Château Puy-Blanquet, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru.
In spite of its growth, Maisons Marques & Domaines has retained the spirit of a small, hands-on company with a very dedicated team. It has built long-lasting, mutually rewarding alliances with key distributors in each U.S. market, based on personal commitment and entrepreneurship.
As the wine industry continues to evolve in the U.S., MMD USA intends to remain an outstanding and distinctive ambassador of the wineries it represents.