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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...

Armand HEITZ The history of the domaine goes back to 1857 and over time the Lochardet family acquired significant vineyards across the Côte de Beaune. When Georges Lochardet passed away he gave 50% of his holdings to his son Armand and in 19 83 Armand’s daughter (Brigitte) married Christian Heitz. Domaine Heitz Lochardet was created and for years wines were sold to Maison Drouhin....

Olivier LAMY The Lamy family works the vine in Saint-Aubin since 1640. Today, domaine Hubert Lamy extends over 18 hectares spread over the appellations Saint-Aubin, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay. Olivier Lamy takes over in 1996 after an experience at domaine Meo Camuzet. Since then Olivier didn’t stop innovating in order to capture greater and greater terroir expression. The main innovations are taking place in...

Guy and Jean-Yves SARRAZIN The Sarrazin brothers (Guy and Jean-Yves) are leading the family estate respectively since 1986 and 1992. At this time the vineyard covered 12 hectares which tripled to reach a total of 35 hectares today. The Sarrazin brothers value tradition in both the vineyard and winery but remain curious about modern innovation and test with fellow winemakers to learn and develop...