Hervé Kerlann’s  great great grandfather Chèze founded the family’s wine business in Pauillac during 1873. His great grandfather Antoine purchased several Château Estates and transferred the wine business to Libourne on quai du Priourat.
His grandfather, François Peyrat married his grandmother Marguerite Chèze in 1919. The company changed it’s name  to Peyrat-Chèze. The family properties : Château La Tour Beau Site, Château La Grande Clotte and Château Lagraula supplied their wines to the Bordeaux Negociants.

Hervé’s father, Charles Kerlann married his mother Jeannine Peyrat and took over the family’s Bordeaux wine Negociant business.

Hervé decided to pursue his passion for wine in Bourgogne since 1991 when he returned from Canada where he studied and learned about international wine  affairs.