Bache-Gabrielsen

Maison Bache-Gabrielsen was founded in Cognac in 1905 by Norwegian Thomas Bache-Gabrielsen together with his compatriot Peter Anton Rustad. The two acquired the existing Cognac house A. Edmond Dupuy, which dated from 1852, and developed the business with particularly strong connections to Scandinavian markets. Thomas settled permanently in Cognac after marrying Odette in 1906, and the company subsequently remained under family control through four generations.

Thomas was followed in the business by his son René Bache-Gabrielsen, and later by his grandson Christian. The fourth generation is represented by Hervé Bache-Gabrielsen, who took over management of the house in 2009. Jean-Philippe Bergier has served as cellar master since 1989, overseeing the selection, maturation and blending of the house’s spirits and playing a central role in the development of its more experimental releases.

Bache-Gabrielsen operates principally as a Cognac trading and ageing house, sourcing eaux-de-vie from winegrower-distillers and handling selection, maturation and blending within the house. Additional ageing and blending cellars were established at Louzac-Saint-André in 2015. Alongside Cognac and Pineau des Charentes, the company has increasingly worked with other spirit categories; the DistillationS project began with whisky in 2017 and was followed by the Audemus collaboration for aquavit in 2019, explicitly connecting the house’s French production with its Norwegian origins.