Sacha Lichine
{{Short description|French Vintner}}
Alexis André Serge Lichine (born 1960 in Margaux{{cite news |title=Des lettres de noblesse pour le Château d’Esclans {{!}} Sommeliers International |url=https://www.sommeliers-international.com/fr/Portraits-de-vignerons/des-lettres-de-noblesse-pour-le-chateau-d_esclans.aspx |access-date=5 August 2023 |work=www.sommeliers-international.com}}) is a French winemaker and entrepreneur, best known as the creator of Whispering Angel rosé wine.
He is the second child of Alexis Lichine and Gisèle Edenbourgh. He was educated at the Lycée Français de New York, and dropped out of Boston University. After his father's death in 1989, he took over the family business. He sold the family stake in Château Lascombes. He ran Château Prieuré-Lichine until 1999, when he sold it to Groupe Ballande [https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tablissements_Ballande fr] for $28.8 million, some of which was used to pay off debts.{{cite news |title=When Success is Not Enough: Dauphin of Wine Legend Alexis Lichine, Sacha Lichine Decants His Emotions |url=http://www.bradburykuett.com/2020/04/01/when-success-is-not-enough-dauphin-of-wine-legend-alixis-lichine-sacha-lichine-sacha-decants-his-emotions/ |access-date=5 August 2023 |work=Une Vue de l'Esprit |date=1 April 2020}}{{cite news |title=Sacha Lichine, VRP de luxe du rosé de Provence |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/vins/article/2017/07/05/sacha-lichine-vrp-de-luxe-du-rose-de-provence_5156298_3527806.html |access-date=5 August 2023 |work=Le Monde.fr |date=5 July 2017 |language=fr}} In 2006 he bought Château d'Esclans in Provence for €13 million,{{cite news |last1=Anson |first1=Jane |title=The Decanter interview: Sacha Lichine |url=https://www.decanter.com/magazine/the-decanter-interview-sacha-lichine-396371/ |access-date=5 August 2023 |work=Decanter |date=3 July 2018 |language=en}} investing a total of €35 million. In 2019, LVMH bought a majority stake in Château d'Esclans for an undisclosed amount, estimated at €140 million.{{cite news |title=Moët Hennessy acquiert le Château d’Esclans, en Provence |url=https://avis-vin.lefigaro.fr/magazine-vin/o143162-moet-hennessy-acquiert-le-chateau-desclans-en-provence |access-date=5 August 2023 |work=avis-vin.lefigaro.fr |language=fr}} They bought 5% from Lichine, and 50% from Alix AM PTE Limited,https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/lvmh-d-esclans-whispering-angel-rose-428460/ previously controlled by his business partner Hervé Vinciguerra.https://www.terredevins.com/actualites/chateau-desclans-dans-le-portefeuille-de-lvmh