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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...

Jean-Jacques, Nicolas and Antoine ROBERT Jean-Jacques Robert took over five hectares of his grandfather’s vines in the Mâconnais just outside the village of Fuissé after finishing law school in 1988. Jean-Jacques soon came under the influence of two ardent defenders of terroir, the great master of Morgon, Marcel Lapierre, and American importer, Kermit Lynch and introduced radical changes to the domaine. Since then, his...

Eric FOREST Eric Forest runs an estate of 7 hectares, most of which planted by his grandfather in the 1960’s. Before taking over the family's estate in 1999 he spent two years learning alongside Mâconnais superstar Jean-Marie Guffens. After returning to the domaine, Eric worked 5 hectares of vines being located – for most of them – on the steep limestone scree slopes below...

François and Pierre HURÉ Georges Huré created the domaine in 1960. The name Huré Frères came out in 1971 when Georges passed on management of the domaine to his three sons - Jean-Marie, Marc and Raoul. Since 2008, the new generation represented by François and Pierre has been at the head of the estate. Previous experiences in Burgundy and around the world helped them...

Jean SANDRIN Located in Celles sur Ources (Côte des Bar), the Sandrin family is growing vines since 4 generations. It’s only in 1963 that Jean Sandrin started his own brand. Today the domaine is run by his son who’s working a vineyard mainly planted on hillsides with a southern exposure. The 11 hectares vineyard is mainly made of soils with a high proportion of...

Patrice BEGUET Caroline and Patrice Hughes-Beguet left the big city life in 2009 to settle in the small village of Mesnay and embrace the Jura winemaker's life. The first few years were a lot of lessons learned and struggle but they are now proud to run a biodynamic domaine which is working closely with nature. They grow wild flowers, leguminous plants and cereals between...

Emmanuel De SOOS Château de Rieux is a family estate created in 1870 in the Languedoc region next to the real Château de Rieux which has been built in the 10th century. The property has for long been orientated towards a negociant activity selling single grape variety wines. Located at the foot of the Montagne Noire, the most precious spot of the Minervois appellation,...

Benjamin and David DUCLAUX The two brothers Benjamin and David are operating this family estate. The domaine has been founded in 1928 when their great grandfather purchased the farm. Some uncultivated hillside parcels were given away with the farm as, back in the time, farming fruits was more profitable than growing vines. In the whole Côte Rôtie region only 30 hectares were planted with...

Christine VERNAY Domaine Georges Vernay is one of the oldest and most famous estate in Condrieu. Georges highly contributed to the reintroduction of Viognier on the hillsides of the region when in 1960’s the appellation used to cover only 8 hectares. Today the domaine is managed by Georges’ daughter Christine and her husband Paul. The vineyard covers 8 hectares in Condrieu, 2.5 hectares in...

Cave Julien Cécillon Cave Julien Cécillon has been created in 2011 by a lovely winemakers couple: American Nancy Kerschen and Julien Cécillon. Their adventure started with 0.3 hectares in Saint-Joseph which grew step by step. In 2013 they got the opportunity to purchase a tremendous parcel of Crozes-Hermitage. At the time they both had to deal with their winemaking activity on their spear time...

Guillaume GILLES Guillaume is a very talented young winemaker. After years working with Robert Michel (Cornas most emblematic figure) and Jean-Louis Chave, he started his own domaine in early 2000. Besides being his mentor, Robert Michel also leased his best parcel of Les Chaillots to Guillaume and provided him with his cellar when he retired in 2006. Although his vineyard is very steep and...

Marcel RICHAUD Marcel Richaud is the 5th generation to run the family's domaine. He took over from his father in 1974 at the early age of 20 years old and started to farm by organic methods at the very beginning. In this respect, domaine Richaud was one of the first organic domaine in the country and Marcel became a leader of the organic wine...