L’Amateur de Vin Peter Thustrup
L’Amateur de Vin Peter Thustrup is a family concept founded by its namesake, dedicated to sharing the culture and passion of wine.
Welcome to L’Amateur de Vin Peter Thustrup, a project for wine lovers founded in 2020 by Peter and his daughters, Capucine and Camille. Fueled by Peter’s deep passion for exceptional wines, we specialize in sourcing old and rare selections, primarily from the renowned regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. With the honor of visiting vineyards in Burgundy several times a year, we cherish the opportunity to cultivate meaningful relationships with the talented vintners who craft these remarkable wines. Together, as a family, we are dedicated to sharing our love for wine with you.
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L’Amateur de Vin Peter Thustrup:
Parallel to Peter’s ongoing business in rare wine, he and his daughters here independently gives the possibility for the wine lover to deepen their knowledge and cruise through all the different aspects of wine and it’s mysteries.
L’Amateur de Vin Peter Thustrup is a project which aims at sharing ideas, tasting notes, useful facts and historical anecdotes in order to inspire and share a passion for the consumption and the world of wine. From wine prices, to grape varieties, and how to drink wine to feel great, Peter and his daughters explore and share journal articles, websites and links which could be useful to the aspiring wine connoisseur.
The team, the family:
Since 2020, Peter’s two daughters Capucine and Camille have progressively started to assist him in different areas of his activities. Capucine assists Peter in his daily work, customer relations and relations with vintners. She is slowly taking over the management of L’Amateur de Vin. Peter’s eldest, Camille is responsible for the communication with clients and the domaines, the website and the marketing.
History
Peter was a pioneer in this market, with over 40 years experience as a merchant of fine wines. Peter has organised high profile wine tastings around the world including a number of landmark wine tastings including: The Dreamtasting in Stockholm featuring all first growths from 1929 to 1982; The Tokyo 1869/1870 Prephylloxera Tasting; several Petrus Tastings with wines from 1945 to 1982; and 7 Romanée-Conti Tastings in Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo and Kyoto with vintages from 1929 to 2003.
In 1983, Peter founded the wine company, Vins Rares & de Collection, SARL (later renamed Vins Rares Peter Thustrup SAS) specialized in selling very exclusive and expensive wines to high-net worth individuals in Europe, the United States and Japan.
Peter sold Vins Rares Peter Thustrup SAS in 2007, and took a four years pause from the world of wine. In 2011, he started an advisory service for wine lovers, PT Fine Wine Lifestyle, and in 2015, an exclusive activity of sales to private wine lovers, with his company The Wine Collector. In 2020 he initiated the project Peter Thustrup L’Amateur de Vin with his two daughters, Capucine and Camille.