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Pétrus ' fame in the U. S. grew in the 1960s, with the promotion by Henri Soulé, owner of the Le Pavillon restaurant in New York.

According to Alexis Lichine, " was served at Le Pavillon in the days when Onassis sat at a corner table.

After that, Château Petrus became a status symbol, the sort of name dropped by people who wish to imply not only that they know wine but that they are in wine ".