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Read more It is ironic that we, who love Syrah almost more than any other black grape, had never before imported a producer from the northern Rhône. In truth, it is only because we had never encountered one available to us who was special enough to warrant the move. All that changed due to our discovery of Hélène and Jean-Pierre Mucyn, a young couple introduced to us by Jean-Marc Espinasse of Rouge-Bleu. Established in Crozes and St. Joseph since 2001, they have quietly charted their own course and developed a European following for their stylish, unexaggerated wines. 2016 was especially successful here, perhaps because of rather than despite the chronicled climatic challenges. But prices had to rise because of the pitiful yields. Dom. Mucyn FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Dom. Mucyn Country: France Region: Rhone Subregion: Northern Rhone Valley City of Origin: Gervans Date Founded: 2001 Owner Name: Helene and Jean-Pierre Mucyn Vineyard Size: 44.5 acres Total Annual Production: 70,000 bottles Property History: Read more After settling in the land of Hermitage, amid vineyards and apricot trees, the Mucyns fell in love with a 18th century building, on the N7 that runs through the region. Situated 300 m from the River Rhône, this former “boat lodge”, where boatmen used to lodge overnight and whose stables could accommodate over 80 horses, was built in around 1750. The cellar beneath the building provides ideal temperature and humidity conditions for the vinification of white wines. Owner History: Read more Hélène and Jean-Pierre Mucyn set up as wine producers in 2001. They “uprooted” from Champagne and laid down new roots on the banks of the River Rhône. With a change of career, a radically different lifestyle, and a new home for the entire family, the 2001 “vintage” is, for them, synonymous with a new start. After resuming studies in viticulture and oenology, Hélène and Jean-Pierre acquired their first “vin de pays” plots as well as a few hectares of orchards. Héléne’does all the vineyard work, and Jean-Pierre handles the winemaking, but in reality they do nothing without the other. Wines By Dom. Mucyn Dom. Mucyn 2018 Cornas "Hypsos" View Wine Dom. Mucyn 2020 Crozes Hermitage Rouge " Les Entrecoeurs" View Wine Dom. Mucyn 2016 'GamSy', Vin de Pays des Collines Rhodaniennes View Wine Dom. Mucyn 2021 Crozes Hermitage Blanc "Les Charmeuses" View Wine Dom. Mucyn 2016 Crozes Hermitage Rouge " Les Entrecoeurs" View Wine Dom. Mucyn 2016 St. Joseph Rouge "Les Salamandres" View Wine

Read more Since returning to the family domaine more than twenty years ago, Stéphane Tissot has converted all 32 hectares to bio-dynamic viticulture and dramatically reduced yields. Vinifying terroir by terroir, he makes Chardonnay and Pinot Noir of Burgundian quality with a distinctive mineral expression. He also honors the family traditions with brilliant versions of the semi-oxidized wines of the region. One of the world’s most restlessly innovative producers, he never ceases to come up with daring new ideas relating to viticulture, wine-making and hitherto unthought-of products. The acclaim with which he been met is truly deafening! Tissot FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Tissot Country: France Region: Jura Subregion: Arbois City of Origin: Montigny-lès-Arsures Date Founded: 1962 Owner Name: Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot Vineyard Size: 50 HA Total Annual Production: 140,000 bottles/year Property History: Read more Domaine André et Mireille TISSOT was created in 1962. The objective has always been a search for quality and an expression of the terroirs. In the beginning of the 1990’s, the work was essentially focused in the cellar. But quickly, we understood that the cellar and vinification have their limits. It was necessary to do more work in the vineyard. The opportunity to acquire exceptional terroirs like Curon, La Mailloche, Les Bruyères or Château-Chalon came our way. Today, our 50 hectares of vines are cultivated in bio-dynamic viticulture to allow the soils to live, the grapes to be untouched by chemical products, fermentations made with natural yeast, and to reduce the amount of sulphur used in the cellar. This evolution is a means and not an end - a means to enjoy what we do and to put our terroirs first. Today, there are 24 people who work year-round at the domaine in order to produce a harvest limited to 25 hectolitres per hectare. A research for diversity led us to produce 35 different cuvées. Often, terroir by terroir, with lots of innovation keeping account of the extaordinary potentional of the Jurassien vineyard with its white varietals - chardonnay and savagnin - and its reds - poulsard, trousseau et pinot noir. Finally, new projects are not lacking from the creation of new cuvées to replant very nice spot, without forgetting the desire to continue to increase the quality of all the wines which is so important to us...for always more pleasure in the bottle!!! Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Tissot Tissot Tissot N.V. Macvin du Jura Rouge View Wine Tissot N.V. Crémant du Jura Extra Brut [6/1500] View Wine

Read more This is the first producer we have worked with from the southerly Aube region since Fleury, back in the day. Jérôme is an impassioned man in his early forties who took over the family domaine at the age of 28 and decided to go in an independent direction. His particular story, unlike every other you will encounter, is that all his wines are made from one cépage, Pinot Noir, from one contiguous 6.5 hectare block of vineyards, “Largillier”, and from one year. Such an approach brings with it gains and risks, but we found the results quite thrilling. These are declamatory wines, endowed with the swell of fruit and power offered by the clay soils of this warm Côtes des Bars climat. They resemble nothing else that we offer and they are gratifyingly free from any adherence to fashion or trend. Jérôme supplements his income by pressing grapes for various customers. To this end, he has invested in the best Coquard presses that money can buy. The resulting finesse of the musts is palpable. Jérôme Coessens FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Jérôme Coessens Country: France Region: Champagne Subregion: Cote des Bar City of Origin: Ville sur Arce Date Founded: 2006 Owner Name: Jérôme Coessens Vineyard Size: 6.5 Total Annual Production: 20,000 cases Property History: Read more Since my family has owned vineyards in Ville-sur-Arce for 5 generations it was only natural that I decided to establish my own champagne house in 2006. We plough the soil under the vines to encourage the roots to delve deep into the ground and we grow grass between the rows in order to control the growth of the vines. All my champagnes come from a single region, La Côte des Bars, from a single plot called LARGILLIER (owned exclusively by my family) and from a single grape variety: Pinot Noir. In 2011 we undertook a number of excavations in Largillier and we discovered that the soil in this vineyard that is so dear to us, is a type called Kimmeridgian Marl. The soil, the sub soil and even the exposure, down to the very last detail, are exactly the same as in the very best areas of Chablis. The soil is made up of alternate layers of clay (which gives structure and body to the ‘attack’ on the palate) and layers of chalk from which the roots of the vines can draw their minerality (which accounts for the long finish of the wines). In more general terms, the soil in Largillier is a chalk and clay mix which is not very fertile and which restricts the energy and the development of the vines; as a result the grapes that are produced attain a high level of maturity with all the qualities to make a great wine. A taste that’s the pure expression of the soil it springs from. Owner History: Read more In 2006,Jérôme COESSENS decided to set up his own business: Champagne Coessens. With seven years' experience as chef de culture for a large champagne group, Jérôme COESSENS found that creating a range of champagnes was a response to his deepest aspirations, of which it was the very proof. The vineyard covers six and a half hectares, and the wines are taken exclusively from one place: Largillier, a monopoly that is solely owned by the COESSENS family, which takes form it only the Pinot Noir varietal as well as vines that are 35 to 40 years old. Largillier soil has a high clay content, which gives the wine structure and body. The wines are aged using lees, from alcoholic fermentation to second fermentation. That is how he produces 6 champagnes and 2 coteaux champenois still red wines Wines By Jérôme Coessens Jérôme Coessens N.V. Largillier Rosé Brut View Wine Jérôme Coessens N.V. "Les Sens Boisés" Brut View Wine Jérôme Coessens Jérôme Coessens M.V. "Exogyre" Brut View Wine Jérôme Coessens N.V. Largillier Brut View Wine Jérôme Coessens N.V. Largillier Brut Nature View Wine

Read more This top-flight producer of dry, long-aged Cava is a superb discovery. With several geographically diverse parcels to work with, the resemblance to Champagne is suggestive. This is Cava with attitude from a woman-run estate that pioneered organic viticulture in Pénédès and is now certified by Demeter. After the recent triumphant visit to California of Olivia Junyent, we are happy to have several new wines from her to sell. Like Mestres, they use no giro-pallettes. Brother Josep is the impassioned director of viticulture and a fervent believer in bio-dynamism. Castell d'Age FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Castell d'Age Country: Spain Region: Catalonia Subregion: Penedès City of Origin: Piera Date Founded: 1988 Owner Name: Olivia Junyent Vineyard Size: 345.8 acres Total Annual Production: 130,000 Bottles Property History: Read more The Castell d’Age cellars are the original creation of women belonging to the Junyent family, in a place blessed by the Gods. Set in the Penedès countryside, sheltering under the Mediterranean sky. Here we have been making organic wines and cavas of the highest quality, from the very start. Products, originating from the land and the rain, which aim to touch upon the high point of our sense perceptions. Over 20 years ago, Anne Marie began to cultivate and produce our organic wines and cavas. As the new generation follows her footsteps, we have gone one step further with a move to biodynamic agriculture, a method that respects the relationship between man and earth. The results are there to be seen, and tasted. We started tending and caring for our vineyards over 50 years ago. Castell d’Age currently owns six estates, located in the Penedès DO, made up of different types of soil and situated at varying altitudes so that each variety finds the most suitable environment, where it can express its great potential. Castell d’Age wines and cavas are produced in the bodegas just as the vines are grown in the vineyard: respecting E.U. organic regulations. Patiently. We have all the time in the world… Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Castell d'Age Castell d'Age N.V. Cava Cuvee Anne Marie Brut Nature View Wine Castell d'Age 2018 Garnatxa SO2 Free (Pénédès) View Wine Castell d'Age 2018 Cava Aurèlia Brut Nature Gran Reserva View Wine

Read more We recently paid a return visit to Paul Durand and were elated by what we tasted. Andrew Jefford describes him as a “peasant philosopher” (a sobriquet that Paul happily accepts), and also says, aptly, that “there is no more interesting person in the world of wine”. Paul is a man of his region, speaking a wonderfully eloquent French in the heavy accent of the south-west. Devoted to the heritage of the Languedoc, he is nonetheless not above making wines from utterly non-traditional grapes if he feels that they have a statement to make about his terroirs. His life in recent years has not been easy, but he has emerged from his troubles with a clarity of vision and a modest determination that translate into wines of unabashed power, endowed nonetheless with a grace and poise that are almost unheard-of in this region. Ever his own man, he was one of the very first producers in France to shun the Appellation Contrôlée system and make only “Vins de Table”. He has essentially reinvented himself by planting vines in long-abandoned vineyards buried deep in the nooks and crannies of his beloved Minervois hills. Without any special efforts on his part (he is somewhat averse to the hurly-burly of commerce), his wines have developed a cult following amongst a small band of cognoscenti. It is our confident belief that Americans will be added to their numbers when they experience these unique wines for the first time. Paul Louis Eugène FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Paul Louis Eugène Country: France Region: Bordeaux Subregion: Siran Property History: Read more History of the property Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Paul Louis Eugène Paul Louis Eugène 2006 Canto Pebre View Wine Paul Louis Eugène 2007 Trois Pommes View Wine

Read more This estate was founded only in 1998 by the Xigoros family. Cultivating a familiar blend of native and international varieties, it is unsurprisingly the former to which we were drawn. We thought that these two examples of Peloponnesan classics were excellent of their kind, very much in the line of the Tselepos wines we used to have. Inomessiniaki FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Inomessiniaki Country: Greece Region: Peloponnese Subregion: Peloponnese City of Origin: Kalamata Date Founded: 1998 Owner Name: Evangelos Xigoros and Estathios Xigoros Vineyard Size: 100 HA Total Annual Production: 400,000 Property History: Read more Inomessiniaki Winery was established in 1998 and is located in Kalamata, the capital city of Messinia region in Southern Greece. It was the first contemporary & fulfilled unit which was producing and trading bottled wine in the Kalamata region. Today, after 20 years, Inomessinaiki has accomplished controlling the whole production of raw material and has built powerful bonds with its customers based on trust for the quality of the wine and for the taste. We are active in the production, bottling and merchandising of Appelation of Origin of Superior Quality wine varieties. Production capacity of more than 3,000 tn and implements the ISO 22,000:2005 Quality Management System. Owner History: Read more After 35 years in the sector of Messinian goods, Takis Xigoros established Inomessiniaki winery to support and promote the superb varieties of the Messinian vineyards. The two sons of Takis Xigoros followed enthusiastically in his footsteps demonstrating their willingness for hard work and great love of winemaking. Each one of the specialized workers of the winery contribute to the quality production of the wines. The goal of the whole team is to emcompass in every drop of wine all their love and care. Wines By Inomessiniaki Inomessiniaki 2022 Mati Fortuna Moschofilero (Peloponnese) View Wine

Read more I first met Cyril Marès when he was a teenager, and his father Roger was still in charge of the estate and presiding over the appellation. He took over in 1998, married the girl next door (Nathalie Blanc of Mas Carlot) and took the domaine to ever higher heights. The wines always show exceptional aromatic appeal, supple texture and uncannily intelligent balance between fruit and oak. We never seem to buy enough of them, mainly because they have little to sell. Wines like these offer incontrovertible proof that not much money can buy you a lot of love. In a market now brimming with Nimois wines, these remain at the top of the pile. Since 2017, the estate has been in conversion to Organic viticulture. Starting with the 2020 vintage, the wines will be certified Organic. Mas Grand Plagniol FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Mas Grand Plagniol Country: France Region: Rhone Subregion: Costières de Nîmes City of Origin: Manduel, close to Nîmes Date Founded: 1966 Owner Name: Cyril Marès Vineyard Size: 111.15 acres Total Annual Production: 250,000 bt/yr Property History: Read more Bought by Roger Marès, originally a winemaker in Bordeaux. Owner History: Read more Henri Marès (1903-1994) established the vineyard of Château Puy Castéra in Haut Médoc, which was later managed by his son Roger. Roger Marès, Cyril’s father, trained in Bordeaux and put them into practice at Mas des Bressades during the 1970s. Cyril Marès, a graduate of Agronomy and oenologist, continues this ancestral tradition at Mas des Bressades today. Since 2018 Cyril manage also the neighbouring winery of Mas Carlot. Wines By Mas Grand Plagniol Mas Grand Plagniol 2021 Costières de Nîmes Rouge 'Tradition' ORGANIC View Wine Mas Grand Plagniol 2017 Costières de Nîmes Rosé View Wine Mas Grand Plagniol 2021 Blanc 'Tradition' (Costieres de Nimes) - ORGANIC View Wine

Read more The Markgräferland is, together with the Bodensee, the southernmost part of Baden. The soils here are predominantly limestone, which is immediately suggestive of a kinship with Burgundy, especially as there are remarkable climatic similarities between the two regions. Hanspeter Ziereisen is a huge personality whom everyone seems to know. He and his endlessly good-humoured wife, Edeltraud, preside over a compact domaine with an influence out of proportion to its size. He makes wines in a resolutely individual way, having long ago given up the notion of conforming to the straitened mind-set of the local wine authorities. Consequently, most of them are not submitted for approval as AO Baden wines, but rather are sold as lowly “regional” wines – albeit the most expensive of them are amongst the dearest wines of Germany. Call this the “Sassicaia Syndrome”. Without subscribing to the strictest dogmas of “Natural” wine, Ziereisen’s products can be described as nothing but. All vineyard work is manual, all oak barrels are local, no chemicals are employed in the vineyards, fermentations are spontaneous, no wines are filtered and everything is given time to relax on the lees before bottling and in the bottle before release – even if this runs counter to the cycles of the commercial clock. Each product is given a fanciful name in the local dialect, which is strongly influenced by the strange sonorities spoken across the border in Switzerland. Welcome to the wacky world of Ziereisen. slides down the throat as easily a hot knife slices through butter. Ziereisen FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Ziereisen Country: Germany Region: Baden - Markgräflerland Subregion: Markgräflerland City of Origin: Efringen-Kirchen Date Founded: 1991 Owner Name: Hanspeter & Edeltraud Ziereisen Vineyard Size: 19.5 HA Total Annual Production: 100-120,000 bottles Property History: Read more Hanspeter Ziereisen is a carpenter by profession. But at the beginning of the nineties he was seized by the wine virus, which was a passion for good wine, and he transformed the parental farm estate, into a winegrowing business. The winery Ziereisen today has about ???hectares of vineyards on which Gutedel, white and Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer Pinot Noir and Syrah are cultivated. The wines of Edeltraut and Hanspeter Ziereisen not only taste different than all others in the Markgräfler Land, they are different! The soils are extremely calcareous. Hanspeter Ziereisen's wines owe their visionary notion of quality, which is unparalleled in the German-speaking context, to the fact that they smell and taste full of character and quite contradictory. He dares to risk fermenting with natural ambient yeasts instead of the usual, safe 'pure culture yeasts and lets his wines mature unusually long on the yeast in the wooden barrel. With curiosity and great openness, Hanspeter Ziereisen devotes himself to the search for the true tradition in viticulture. Thus, over the years, he made his impressively independent white and red wines the avant-garde of spontaneously fermented, gently slowly matured wines in Germany. Hanspeter Ziereisen's Gutedel is one of the best on the market in bottle-aged, but unrecognized old grape varieties in this country. His white wines disarmingly honest and his very own structured Pinot Noir brimming impressively with the original character and show character strongly the signature of their winemaker. Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Ziereisen Ziereisen 2014 Grauer Burgunder (Baden) View Wine Ziereisen 2018 Weisser Burgunder View Wine Ziereisen 2015 Spätburgunder 'Rhini' (Baden) View Wine

Read more It is not entirely accurate to describe this Bordeaux stalwart as “new” because Bruno Baylet was a staple of the WineWise portfolio in its early days. But it is many years since we worked with his admirable wines, so we are taking the liberty of treating him as a newcomer, as to most of you he will be one. We could not be happier to re-engage with his uncompromisingly honest and forceful wines. The estate has the French certificate of sustainability known as “Haute Valeur Environnementale”. Ch. Landereau FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Ch. Landereau Country: France Region: Bordeaux Subregion: Entre Deux Mers City of Origin: Sadirac Date Founded: 1959 Owner Name: Bruno Baylet Vineyard Size: 80 Total Annual Production: 500,000 bottles Property History: Read more Bordeaux is reinventing itself and Bruno Baylet is at the forefront. Chateau Landereau bottles classic style red, white and rosé wines, made with modern techniques and vision (optimum maturity, plots selection, temperature control, inert gas and gravity are used in the winery) with recognized value. In the vineyard, reasoned and sustainable farming methods are in line with the life of the soil, the preservation of the ecosystem and the fostering of the vines. That is the reason why Château Landereau turned itselves to a the HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE certification (HVE3) and Bee Friendly label. Owner History: Read more Back from Algeria, Henri Baylet and his son Michel acquired Chateau Landereau in 1959, then Chateau de l'Hoste Blanc in 1980. Established in 1988, Bruno Baylet, the third generation, now operates 80 ha in Entre-deux-Mers. The last word is for the winemaker himself : "My definition of a good wine ? Whether it is great, famous or not, a glass of good wine should call for another. It has to bring pleasure.” Wines By Ch. Landereau Ch. Landereau 2022 Entre Deux Mers View Wine Ch. Landereau 2019 Bordeaux Superieur View Wine Ch. Landereau 2016 Bordeaux Clairet View Wine

Read more From a little-known satellite to the north of the Loire region, not far from Tours, comes this super practitioner of old vines Chenin Blanc (and Pineau d’Aunis), offering us yet another expression of this most miraculous of white grapes. The soils boast a lot of flint (rather like parts of Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé). They have 20 parcels spread over 30 hectares, all of which are laboriously worked ten times a year. Colin attributes the dependable acidity, even in hot years, to this practice. Patrice Colin FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Patrice Colin Country: France Region: Loire Subregion: Côteaux du Vendômois City of Origin: Thoré la Rochette Date Founded: 1735 Owner Name: Patrice Colin Vineyard Size: 61.75 acres Total Annual Production: 150,000 bottles Property History: Read more This estate has been passed from father to son for 8 generations.It was Emilien Colin in 1900 who developed the direct sale of wine and contributed to the enlargement of the estate with 6 hectares of vineyards and 2 plow horses.Today the estate extends over 25 hectares of vines, some of which are centenarians. The estate is located in the town of Thore la Rochette where Rochambeau, the commander of French troops during the American War of Independence , most importantly at the deciding battle of Yorktown in 1781, is buried. So yes, if you like "Hamilton," this is your wine. Owner History: Read more Patrice took over the estate in 1982 after specialized studies in the vineyard and wine. He enlarged the estate considerably and quickly oriented it towards organic farming. Patrice also created the winegrowers union of the Vendômois and was instrumental in the creation of the appellation Côteaux du Vendômois Wines By Patrice Colin

Read more With a history dating back to the tenth century, the current domaine consists of 200 hectares that encircle a fortress constructed in the 12th century. It has been in the ownership of the Comte de Lamy’s family for nine generations, but there is nothing remotely antique about the methods they now employ. The 160 hectares planted to vine lie equally in Corbiere’s appellation and the surrounding IGP’s. The multiplicity of terroirs in this expansive terrain enables them to grow no fewer than 17 different varieties, including some interlopers. We, of course, have chosen to select an introductory range derived exclusively from autochthonous varieties. You will be impressed. Ch. de Fontarèche FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Ch. de Fontarèche Country: France Region: Languedoc Subregion: Aude City of Origin: Canet d'Aude Owner Name: Family De Lamy Vineyard Size: 140 HA Total Annual Production: 630,000 bottles Property History: Read more The first mention of Fontarèche can be found in a deed dated 984, in which Sieur ERMENGAUD, the Archbishop of Narbonne, granted someone named Sifrède ‘the smallholding known as Fontareche with the tower that is there, except for the church and ecclesiastical elements’ as an honorary fiefdom. He would feed sixteen knights every year. In 1201, the Archbishop of Narbonne commissioned a moated fortress in Fontarèche. An inventory of the Archbishop of Narbonne’s revenue and seigneurial rights which was drawn up in the second half of the 14th century notes for Fontarèche: ‘a fortified castle with keep and chapel, seigneurial and other land, vines purchased by Pierre de la Jugie (Archbishop of Narbonne from 1347 to 1375), a pasture, a meadow, a forest with rabbit warrens...’ Towards the late 17th century, Fontarèche acquired the status of a ‘specific seigneury’ and became the property of nobles. Owner History: Read more included various famous painters, such as Pierre MIGNARD who succeeded Lebrun as the director of the Royal Academy of Painting under King Louis XIV. He was the portrait painter for the king and major figures at the court, and his works include the paintings which decorate the dome of the Church of the Val-de-Grâce in Paris, as well as The Virgin of the Grapes which is on display at the Louvre Museum. The LAMY family which now owns Fontarèche are descendants of the MIGNARD family, with Marie-Eulalie MIGNARD (who died there in 1943) the last owner to bear the Mignard name. She now lies in the chateau’s chapel. 1957 saw Fontarèche’s current owner Jacques de LAMY take over from his father Count Edouard de LAMY. Wines By Ch. de Fontarèche Ch. de Fontarèche 2022 Piquepoul Noir Rose IGP Pays d'Oc View Wine Ch. de Fontarèche 2020 Corbières Rouge "Pierre Mignard" View Wine Ch. de Fontarèche 2022 Corbières Vieilles Vignes View Wine Ch. de Fontarèche 2020 Syrah "Les Guirlandes" IGP Pays d'Oc View Wine Ch. de Fontarèche 2020 "La Chapelle Mignard" Corbières Blanc Vieilles Vignes View Wine

Read more We continue our careful exploration of the northern Rhône with the addition of this stellar producer of Côte Rôtie, Condrieu, St. Joseph and Cornas. Now in the third generation of the Pichon family, the estate covers 16 hectares split between the four appellations above and a small quantity of vin de pays. The domaine offers elegant, perfumed wines that punch way above their weight when their modest cost is considered – the WineWise paradigm! Christophe himself is a man of seriousness and commitment who is now in his second term as president of the Condrieu appellation, a job previously held by the legendary Georges Vernay. His elder son Corentin has taken over most of the winemaking responsibilities at this point. Christophe Pichon FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Christophe Pichon Country: France Region: Rhone Subregion: Northern Rhone City of Origin: Chavanay Date Founded: 1993 Vineyard Size: 49.4 acres Total Annual Production: 100,000 bottles Property History: Read more It has always been a family affair. I took over the estate from my father, then in 1991 I bought some more vineyards. Two years later, I invested in an abandoned hillside so as to plant some Saint Joseph vines. Today, the estate owns 5 hectares of Condrieu, 4 hectares of red Saint Joseph, 2 hectares of white Saint Joseph, 3.9 hectares of Côte-Rôtie, 0.5 hectares of Cornas, 1 hectare of white Vin de Pays Collines Rhodaniennes and 0.5 hectares of red Vin de Pays in Seyssuel. Owner History: Read more After finishing his studies in viticulture and oenology, Corentin joined the family estate in 2012. In 2014, he spent 6 months vinifying Syrah in Australia, in the well-known Barossa Valley region. On his return to France, he began vinifying his second vintage for the same year ! As a result of his broad experience, he has refined the vinification style in complete harmony with the estate's way of thinking and maintains the respect of the vines and the wines. As an example, he is now making white wines without sulphites. As for Alexis, he is gradually discovering all the different steps of wine-making, from working in the vineyards to the cellar, before acquiring more experience in the commercial activity of the estate. Alexis also hopes to spend some time abroad both to improve his English and to discover other wine producing domains. Learning about different cultures for producing and selling wine will broaden his experience. Wines By Christophe Pichon Christophe Pichon 2021 Cote Rotie 'Promesse' View Wine Christophe Pichon 2019 St. Joseph Rouge View Wine Christophe Pichon 2020 Cote Rotie 'Tess' View Wine Christophe Pichon 2022 St. Joseph Rouge View Wine Christophe Pichon 2020 Condrieu View Wine Christophe Pichon 2016 St. Joseph Rouge View Wine Christophe Pichon 2022 Viognier View Wine Christophe Pichon 2020 'Mosaique', Seyssuel View Wine Christophe Pichon 2019 Cote Rotie 'Promesse' View Wine