In 2003 Piper-Heidsieck—now majority owner of
Krug released a new champagne, L Jaunay on the UK
market. |
Escape to Paradise The story of Frank Cunningham Jaunay
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Krugs had again been in the right place at the right
time. The period from the 1870s had seen the industry
take a new turn with fewer larger houses cornering the
market. The brand names and patents held by L Jaunay
& Co were sold to Krug et Cie with Frank and Jules to
receive £100 per year for the rest of their lives. Louis
Brunet's portrait of his mother, Ann, along with most
of the Jaunay furniture and larger possessions were
left with the Krug or Jacquesson families. In the meantime,
Frank and Mary had had six children, Annie Mary Irene,
Gertrude Ellen, Louisa Dorothy Yvonne, Louis Frank,
Robert John Cunningham and Gladys Hilda Puttick. Louis
died at Reims but all the other children accompanied
their parents on the voyage to Melbourne Victoria in
1894. The family departed London on the Orient steamer
Ormuz on 9 March 1894 after seeing their English
cousins for the last time. On arrival in Melbourne in
April 1894 Frank sought employment as a champagne blender
with Great Western near Stawell in Victoria. This position
lasted the very short time of three months only because
the company was not prepared to adopt the méthode
champenoise which was considered too expensive and time
consuming. Australia was not yet ready for such a sophisticated
move!
Pictured in Reims: The Jaunay family in Spring 1888.
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