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Basile SAINT-GERMAIN Born in 1995 from the collaboration of two former Bordeaux winemakers, Karl Maguin (who worked at Latour) and Basile Saint-Germain (Haut Brion), the domaine is located in Caux near Pezenas in Languedoc. The vineyard covers 15 hectares spread in 5 parcels with average yield of 25 hl/ha. The varieties grown are fairly typical for the region, with Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Carignan...

Sophie, Catherine and Vincent ARMENIER The Armenier family’s roots in the region can be traced back to the 13th century although the Domaine is surprisingly new having been founded in 1989 from vineyards that have been in the family for generations. Domaine de Marcoux was a pioneer in organic and biodynamic farming long before it was fashionable and this is now overseen by Sophie’s...

Pascal DANJEAN Pascal bottled the estate's first vintage in 1993. Since then he increased the domaine’s holdings by planting more and more vines. Today the vineyard is about 12 hectares located mainly in the Givry 1er Cru appellation. Pascal also exploits 0.7 hectares in Mercurey and 1 hectare of Chardonnay. The vines are farmed conventionally under what might be called “lutte raisonnée”. Grass is...

Stéphane Riffault Stéphane Riffault (Claude’s son) who used to work in Burgundy (especially with Olivier Lamy) is now in charge of the domaine. Based in the village of Sury-en- Vaux, the domaine works 33 different parcels in 6 different lieu-dits spread across 4 villages. Unlike most Sancerre producers, the entire harvest is carried out by hand and an extensive sorting takes place before the...

Aurélien CHATAGNIER Aurélien started his own domaine in 2002 after several experiences at domaine Jamet or domaine François Villard. With a lease of 1 hectare he was vinifing in Pierre Gaillard’s cellar during the 3 first years before he bought a farm on top of Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf village. Over time he built a vineyard of around 10 hectares of Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph and IGP Collines...

Guillaume et Romain QUENARD One of many Quenard in Chignin, Michel Quenard has been one of the leading lights of Savoie for many years. Today, technically retired from the estate, he supports his two sons, Guillaume and Romain, to keep the family domaine among the region’s best known and respected. Most of the vineyards have a reasonably high average vines age and are located...

Famille WEMYSS Rimauresq takes its name from the river (Réal Mauresque) which crosses the domaine. This estate located in Pignans (Var) plays an essential role in the vineyards of Provence. In 1941, with some others winemakers, the family played a big role in the creation of the Côtes de Provence AOC. In 1955, Rimauresq obtained the classification in "cru classé" for the quality of...

Clotaire MICHAL Clotaire is part of the new generation of the natural and organic Beaujolais wine scene. Former sommelier student, Clotaire had his first experience in the vineyard in 2003 at Clos Marie (Languedoc) where he worked for five years. He then moved to Rhône Valley to increase his knowledge working alongside Thierry Allemand in Cornas. This lone wolf settled in Beaujolais in 2014...

Olivier MORIN This family estate is settled in Chitry on the very north of Burgundy. Olivier took over in 1992 after he left a life in the music industry. He’s producing here both reds and whites on kimmeridgian and portlandian limestone soils similar to those you can find in the famous neighbour of Chablis. Oliver is hard worker and he’s giving his maximum to...

Athénais De BERU The history of Château de Béru takes back from the 12th century when the monks built the castle and its Clos. It has been the property of the Comtes de Béru for 400 years. Today Athénais de Béru is leading the estate and farming the 15 hectares of Chablis vineyard replanted in the 1980’s by her father. He unfortunately turned sick...

Jacques, Marion and Etienne MARCHAND Domaine Marchand-Grillot was founded in 1950 and covers 9 hectares of vines, spread across 47 different plots. Today, Jacques Marchand is the 5th generation running the domaine with the help of his children Marion and Etienne. In addition to Premier and Grand Cru holdings the domaine is one of the few to bottle most of his village wines as...

Vincent GODIER Domaine Godier is a new estate. In 2009, Vincent Godier bought a small vineyard in Burgundy from domaine Chopin. He owns a bit more than 1 hectare in Nuits Saint Georges and 0.5 hectares in Chambolle-Musigny. Vincent was not a vine grower nor a winemaker, after years of working around the world, he bought the vineyards for passion. Thus, the Chopin brothers...