château kirwan

In the 19th Century Kirwan was owned by Camille Godard, a rich philanthropist, keen botanist and mayor of Bordeaux. He died childless in 1881 and left Kirwan to the city of Bordeaux, who weren’t really sure what to do with it. So in 1902 Oscar Schÿler, head of Schröder and Schÿler, negociated a contract with the city for exclusive distribution rights. But five years later the city sold the Château to Georges Guestier for use as a summer house. However, in 1925 Schÿler purchased Kirwan and it has been in the family hands ever since.