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Read more The Cellier (that really is their name!) family domaine goes back eight generations. Its current title alludes to the three brothers (and one sister-in-law) who took the reins from father Marc in 2007. 13 of their 14+ hectares of vines are distributed among no fewer than 24 parcels that are scattered throughout the appellation, including one 4 hectare plot in the northern Terres Blanches that makes an important contribution to the estate’s quality. The average age of their vines is 45 years. Viticulture has been certified organic by Ecocert for many years now. What attracted us to the wines was a sense of authenticity to accompany the flamboyance and power one comes to expect in modern examples of this storied appellation. They are also strikingly reasonable in price for their quality, even after the unexpected and unwelcome extension of the Trump Tariff to them. They make a nice counterpoint to the more classical wines of our Châteauneuf pioneer, Domaine du Banneret. Dom. Des 3 Cellier FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Dom. Des 3 Cellier Country: France Region: Rhone City of Origin: Châteauneuf du Pape Date Founded: 2007 Owner Name: Nathalie, Ludovic, Julien and Benoit CELLIER Vineyard Size: 19 Total Annual Production: 36,000 bottles/year Property History: Read more In 2007 Marceau (Marc) Cellier takes his retirement and logically hands the vineyard to his children (Ludovic, Julien et Benoit) and Nathalie (Ludovic’s wife). They are the 8th generation of the Cellier family to work the vine and to make Chateauneuf du Pape wines. Domaine des 3 Cellier was born thus on August 1st, 2007. Then on October 1st, 2008, Les 3 Cellier (commercial structure) with "Le Sentier des Terroirs" was born proposing a range of different appellations of Rhone Valley. Owner History: Read more Ludovic (the eldest) : He chose early on to pursue agricultural studies and completed the entire school curriculum (from 3rd grade to B.T.S viticulture-œnology) at the wine high school of Orange. He began to work with his father on the family estate in 1999 and was in charge of vinification. He is now in charge of vinification and the French trade market for Domaine des 3 Cellier. Nathalie (Ludovic's wife) : she had an arts training. She studied at the Dance Academy of Montpellier and then joined the Faculty of English in Avignon. Then in 2017, she obtained a certified Sake Sommelier diploma. Within Les 3 Cellier she handles the administration and the entire export trade. Julien : He first undertook traditional studies and obtained a science degree. Then he obtained a B.T.S in viticulture-œnology and a Master of Vine, Wine and Quality. He has supported his brother Ludovic since 2004 during the critical period of vinification. Now he is in charge of all the vineyards since 2008. Benoit : He first undertook traditional studies and obtained a science graduate. Then he studied International Trade. Now he helps both Julien in the vineyard and Nathalie on the export side. Wines By Dom. Des 3 Cellier Dom. Des 3 Cellier 2019 Cotes du Rhone Rouge View Wine Dom. Des 3 Cellier 2018 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Marceau" View Wine Dom. Des 3 Cellier 2018 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Alchimie" View Wine

Read more The Alves Nuño family has run this 21 hectare estate for four generations. They used to sell the majority of their grapes to the well-known firm Caves San Joao, but went fully independent in 1989. Baga is the region’s claim to fame - a tannic, acidic and just plain old-fashioned grape which needs coaxing to express its charms. Our man Mário Sérgio Alves Nuño, now ably abetted by his son Frederico, makes Baga the traditional way, fermented in concrete lagares and aged in large, old oak ovals. With some age, it develops a stunningly expressive nose and is a powerfully structured wine perfect with the local specialty, roast suckling pig. We are now importing his sparkling wines as well, which represent 60% of his production. It should also be mentioned that Mário Sérgio is arguably Portugal’s finest distiller, and his long-aged vinegar is the stuff of legend. He is also one of the kindest and most generous people we have ever had the pleasure of knowing. It is a huge privilege to be his importer. Quinta das Bageiras FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Quinta das Bageiras Country: Portugal Region: Bairrada City of Origin: Fogueira Date Founded: 1989 Owner Name: Mário Sérgio Alves Nuno Vineyard Size: 30 HA Total Annual Production: 120,000 bottles Property History: Read more "There goes Fausto to his Bágeiras vineyard" That's how the population of Fogueira named the project I created in 1989. Fausto was my paternal grandfather, whose vineyards I collected with others from my maternal grandfather to establish the first wine company in Bairrada in over 20 years. With the paramount support of my father Abel, 12 hectares of vineyard that until then produced wine sold in bulk were transformed into wines bottled with our brand. Another 16 hectares were later added to the original vineyard area, always in the best Bairrada terroir. My belief was a simple one: I wanted the production of our wines to be accomplished through traditional methods, without ignoring the constant developments observed in the fields of viticulture and oenology. That is why, for example, all our grapes are handpicked, our red wines are produced in lagares without added yeasts and why our sparkling wines have no residual sugar. I believe quality means nothing without identity. Therefore, we respect wine as it respects us and we always devote ourselves to it as a family, with a passion that has lasted for three generations. Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Quinta das Bageiras Quinta das Bageiras 2020 Espumante Colheita (Bairrada) View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2014 Colheita Tinto "Chumbado" View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2016 Garrafeira Red View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2017 Vinho Branco Colheita (Bairrada) View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2017 Avo Fausto Red (Bairrada) View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2020 Reserva Tinto (Bairrada) View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2020 Avo Fausto Branco (Bairrada) View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2020 Vinho Branco Reserva (Bairrada) View Wine Quinta das Bageiras 2020 Espumante Rosé Colheita (Bairrada) View Wine

Read more Another young winery founded in 1999 by the brothers Aristides and Eustatius Stathios Spanos, it offers a splendid range of impeccably made wines from both indigenous and international varietals at improbably low prices. The startling quality is greatly attributable to their stellar wine-maker, Panagiotis Pappagiannopoulos. The mindboggling vineyards rise to elevations of 1000 meters, ensuring that diurnal temperature range that is so often the lodestone of quality in Greece. Enjoying unique limestone soils and making wines only from free-run juice, Tetramythos offers a finesse and purity that are unexpected at this price level. The “Nature” series wines are made according to some biodynamic principles e.g. the whites are harvested, pressed and bottled on flower days, and the reds on fruit days. Panagiotis aims to make all his wines in this style in the coming years. We find the style so compelling that we have essentially adapted our range entirely to it. Tetramythos FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Tetramythos Country: Greece Region: Patras Subregion: Achaia City of Origin: Ano Diacopto Date Founded: 2004 Owner Name: Aristides Spanos, Stathis Spanos, Panayiotis Papagiannopoulos Vineyard Size: 86.45 acres Total Annual Production: 200,000 bottles Property History: Read more Located in the village of Ano Diacopto, on the slopes of Mount Aroania, we have a beautiful winery, with state of the art machinery, in a lovely building, which fits perfectly with the surrounding mountainous area. The vineyards are planted mostly with indigenous Greek along with some international grape varieties, and we practice strictly organic cultivation. Owner History: Read more The Spanos brothers, Aristos and Stathis, are locals who were involved in grape growing and wine production early in their lives. In 1999 they meet Panayiotis Papagiannopoulos, a talented and highly inspired winemaker (an dalso from the area!), who joined the team. In the years that followed they produced the first bottles of Tetramythos, planted new vineyards, and in 2003 began the construction of a tasteful winery which they completed in 2004. Their philosophy is to combine scientific knowledge and traditional methods in order to produce high quality wines, in the most natural possible way, with low intervention and no additives, to express the typicity of the special regional terroir. Wines By Tetramythos Tetramythos 2022 Malagousia Natur (Peloponnese) View Wine Tetramythos 2022 Mavrokalavrytino 'Nature' View Wine Tetramythos 2021 Roditis Natur (Peloponnese) View Wine Tetramythos N.V. Retsina View Wine Tetramythos 2022 Agiorgitiko 'Nature' View Wine Tetramythos N.V. Retsina Natur View Wine

Read more We are delighted to introduce this ambitious 8 hectare estate to our champagne portfolio, having had our eye on it for some time now. Géraldine Lacourte and her husband Richard Desvignes took it over from her parents in 2007. They left the co-op in 2012, began an organic conversion in 2017 (certified since 2020) and are now almost finished with the further conversion to biodynamic viticulture. They present a compelling range of wines designed to showcase the surprisingly myriad possibilities offered by their 1er Cru vineyards in Écueil (which is coincidentally the home of Gracianne Marié, of Forest-Marié). The house-style might be described as extroverted, with most of the wines revelling in their generous fruit endowment and effortlessly supporting their prevalent dryness. Lacourte-Godbillon FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Lacourte-Godbillon Country: France Region: Champagne Subregion: Montage de Reims City of Origin: Ecueil, Sacy, Villedommange, Jouy Les Reims, Trigny, Prouilly et Chenay Date Founded: 1947 Owner Name: Géraldine Lacourte and Richard Desvignes Vineyard Size: 8 Total Annual Production: 65,000 bottles/year Property History: Read more My grand-parents produced the first bottles in 1947: Lacourte-Labassé (my dad's side) and Godbillon-Marié (my mom's side). before, the previous generations sold their grapes to the big houses. 1968: My parents started their own brand with Lacourte-Godbillon combining the 2 vineyards in Ecueil, they retired in 2007. Owner History: Read more 2008: Richard and I took over the family Domaine after 1 year at school in Avize. we both worked before in international companies (Richard in the printing industry and myself in the glass industry in Germany). we decided to take up the challenge and continue and develop the family domaine. Main evolution: - 2012: we left the coop in the village to become 100% independant and able to control the whole process - 2017: start of the organic conversion - 2020: First organic certified harvest - 2019: start of the biodynamic conversion we work exclusively with our own grapes (no purchase) we manage the work in the vineyard with our team only (no external people hiring except for harvest) our philosophy: the best wine comes from the best grapes. our priority is the work in the vineyard, protecting the soil and developping the biodiversity (sheep,trees, fruit trees, birdnest...) Wines By Lacourte-Godbillon Lacourte-Godbillon Millesime Extra-Brut View Wine Lacourte-Godbillon 2016 Chaillots Hautes Vignes 1er Cru Extra Brut View Wine Lacourte-Godbillon 2018 Chaillots Hautes Vignes 1er Cru Extra Brut View Wine Lacourte-Godbillon N.V. Mi-Pentes Extra Brut View Wine Lacourte-Godbillon N.V. Terroirs d'Ecueil 1er Cru Brut View Wine Lacourte-Godbillon N.V. Rose Brut 1er Cru View Wine

Read more There is nothing more gratifying in our line of work then finding good people making exceptional wine. The Schneider family are as genial and gracious a bunch of people as you could hope to meet and they make wines that are simply revelatory in their quality. Son Johannes, an old soul despite his tender years, has essentially taken over direction of the estate from his father Claus, and younger brother Christoph is fully involved, too. Most of their holdings are in the clay-and-limestone escarpment named Weiler Schlipf, butted right up against the Swiss border. The hallmarks of Schneider wines are purity and relaxation. The estate was recently hailed by the influential Gault-Millau magazine as being the single best value estate in all of Germany! In 2020, they started their formal conversion to organic certification, which will be accorded to them in 2022. The brothers have also developed a line of Natural Wines under the Haus Gupi label. Claus Schneider FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Claus Schneider Country: Germany Region: Baden - Markgräflerland Subregion: Markgräflerland City of Origin: Weil am Rhein Date Founded: 1892 Owner Name: Claus Schneider Vineyard Size: 13 HA Total Annual Production: 80,000 bottles Property History: Read more The estate was farmed as a mixed agricultural estate for generations. In the 1980s Claus Schneider changed the estate to beeing a wine producing business only. There remain still some orchards and farmland still worked by the family or leased to other farmers. In the last 30 years the wine producing area was doubled in size beeing today a total surface of 13ha. The winery is still located in the 18th century housing in the old center of the village. The two single vineyards farmed by the family are Weiler Schlipf and Ötlinger Sonnhole both located on the Tüllinger Hill which has a total vineyard area of 100 ha. The Sonnhole is a south oriented vineyard with purely clay soil. The Schlipf has a South-west orientation and clay / limestone soil. The wines from Schlipf are our most complex and structured wines suited for bottle aging. Owner History: Read more Claus Schneider was educated in the winegrowers school of Weinsberg in Württemberg. He then quickly took over the estate from his father in the 1980s. Together with his wife Susanne they've been running the property for some 30 years. Since two years Johannes and Christoph are in charge of the business. Johannes studied 5 years of chemistry. He then worked on year in Burgundy at Domaine Rossignol-Trapet where he received a BTS diploma. After that he worked for 1 more year in France in Alsace / Domaine Boesch and the Minervois / Domaine Courbissac. After his studies of economics Christoph recently joined the winery. He is now pursuing a WSET 3 diploma and will continue with the Weinakademiker studies. Johannes is in charge of winemaking and the vinyard whereas Christoph is in charge of sales and the management of the property. Wines By Claus Schneider Claus Schneider 2013 Weiler Schlipf Grauer Burgunder CS View Wine Claus Schneider 2020 Haus Gupi "La Boheme" Gutedel (Baden) View Wine Claus Schneider 2017 Spätburgunder "Vulkan" (Baden) View Wine Claus Schneider 2015 Pinot Blanc CS*** View Wine Claus Schneider 2013 Spätburgunder CS*** (Baden) View Wine Claus Schneider 2018 Pinot Noir "vom Kalkstein" (Baden) View Wine Claus Schneider 2014 Weiler Schlipf Gutedel (Baden) View Wine

Read more The Bunan family, without fanfare or hyperbole, have quietly become the single largest proprietors in the increasingly well-regarded appellation of Bandol. Unlike many of their neighbours, they have not rushed headlong into a love-affair with new oak, but have judiciously employed it as a fine chef might use seasoning. The wines – across the board – show a sober respect for tradition allied to an openness to change. Their vineyards are now certified organic and they have begun the process of bio-dynamic conversion. Their red Bandols age very well, and the Kosher wine is a category-leader. Many satisfied customers have commented on the reasonableness of the prices. Dom. Bunan FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Dom. Bunan Country: France Region: Provence Subregion: Bandol Property History: Read more History of the property Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Dom. Bunan Dom. Bunan 2014 Ch. La Rouviere Bandol Rouge [6/1500] - ORGANIC View Wine Dom. Bunan 2016 Moulin Des Costes Bandol Rosé (kosher) View Wine

Read more What more do you need to know than that Vasco Croft, an architect, educator and devotee of Rudolf Steiner, discovered the mysteries of wine in his mid-thirties through the intervention of a Brazilian Buddhist monk? From there you intuit that the path leads directly to starting a winery and farming biodynamically, right? We are proud to be the first to import his wines into the USA, but he has already blazed a trail through the English press, with luminaries like Jamie Goode and Sara Ahmed leading the praise. In person he is as vivid, energetic and unbuttoned as his wines. Endlessly restless, he is currently engaged in an ambitious project to create a cultural center/restaurant and a food forest on his recently expanded estate. He reminds us of Stéphane Tissot in his endless quest to find new wines to express his burgeoning curiosity. Several of these are featured in the expansive selection below, notably the Phaunus, Melissae and Ouranos. A recent visit to the estate found it operating at ever-dizzier levels of refinement and class. Much of the credit for this steep ascent must be given to Vasco’s cellar-master (and now business partner) Miguel Abreu, a man of exceptional lucidity and purpose who sees vinous possibilities that elude others and knows how to achieve them. Aphros FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Aphros Country: Portugal Region: Vinho Verde Subregion: Lima City of Origin: Ponte de Lima and Arcos de Valdevez Date Founded: 2004 Owner Name: Vasco Croft Vineyard Size: 44.46 HA Total Annual Production: 8300 Cases Property History: Read more Aphros winery is the brainchild of Lisbon architect Vasco Croft who decided to explore his passion for wine in a XVII century family estate located in the Vinho Verde Region. Interested in Steiner’s philosophy since his youth, and having led the Waldorf education movement in Portugal for many years, he naturally followed the path of biodynamics. Mountain horses, sheep, bees and special water cascades are part of the farm life. The vines, carefully managed through cover crops, are treated with home made plant extracts. Being made from brandy, these preparations have their origin in the same vines they are destined to treat. The wines, ranging from still to classic method sparkling and Pet Nats, are based on local varieties Loureiro and Vinhão and made with low intervention protocols, using only indigenous yeasts and a minimum of sulphites. They have achieved worldwide recognition and are distributed in over 20 countries in all continents. In 2015 Vasco opened two new cellars; one contemporary cellar dedicated to the classical range of wines and a medieval cellar for the production of artisanal wines in amphorae without the use of electricity, under the brand Phaunus. Owner History: Read more Born in Lisbon with an inclination for metaphysics, Vasco thought of being an astrologer in his teens, then decided to become an architect. In his twenties he discovered Steiner’s philosophy, and went on to study pedagogy and sculpture in England, where he also discovered an interest in woodworking and furniture design. On his return to Portugal, he led the Waldorf movement for many years alongside with his own furniture design company. In his thirties he had a life changing encounter with a Buddhist monk, where a bottle of wine was shared. This event, taken by Vasco as a personal meeting with Dionysus, led him in 2003 to start a wine project in Casal do Paço, a semi-abandoned property belonging to his family since the 17th century. A confessed convert to Biodynamics and Dionysism, there are (undeserved!) suspicions that Vasco is a Faun in disguise, living a delightful decadent life in the winery surrounded by beautiful Nymphs – while wishing this would be true, he tries to cope with the manifold hardships of running a winery. Wines By Aphros Aphros 2020 Melissae (Vinho Verde, Loureiro) View Wine Aphros 2022 Phaunus Pet Nat Rosé View Wine Aphros 2021 Loureiro (Vinho Verde) View Wine Aphros 2014 Pan Rose Sparkling Wine View Wine Aphros 2020 Ouranos Alvarelhao Red (Vinho Verde) View Wine Aphros Aphros 2018 Vinhao Red View Wine Aphros 2020 Phaunus Palhete View Wine Aphros 2022 Loureiro (Vinho Verde) View Wine Aphros 2021 Phaunus Pet Nat White View Wine Aphros 2020 Vinhao Red (Vinho Verde) View Wine

Read more Grain-farmer turned wine-grower Jean-Claude Roux turns out to have a deft hand with Sauvignon Blanc. With dynamic son Albin now at his side, the quality being delivered is higher than ever Jean-Claude Roux FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Jean-Claude Roux Country: France Region: Loire Subregion: Centre Loire City of Origin: Quincy and Chateaumeillant Date Founded: 1995 Owner Name: Albin Roux, son of Jean Claude Vineyard Size: 12 HA Total Annual Production: 5500 Cases Property History: Read more Founded by Jean Claude and started only with 1,5 ha of vines in Quincy back in 1995, the domain has now almost 12 ha of vines mostly in Quincy (9 ha) and Châteaumeillant. Using a very innovative way of working in collaboration with other colleagues for the management of workers and also under a shared-cellar but not a cooperative producing a single range of wine, we have managed to develop ourselves as well as the quality of our production. Owner History: Read more Jean Claude has been travelling the world before he came back to his passion : farm growing and then wine growing helped by professionnals. His elder son Albin, has also traveled and worked abroad (mostly in Asia) in the wine industry before he came back in 2015 to take over the family wine business. Wines By Jean-Claude Roux Jean-Claude Roux 2022 Quincy "Cuvee Jean-Claude Roux" View Wine

Read more Rather like VAENI in Naoussa, Zoinos is a high-quality co-operative winery that enables the myriad growers of Epirus, a fabled district in Greece’s northerly Ionian region, to gather their forces and offer to the world the unique joys of their steep, high-altitude calcareous vineyards. In a universe of tiny holdings such as this, it makes great sense for the co-operative principle to hold sway. The exceptional results are there for all to see. Zoinos FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Zoinos Country: Greece Region: Ioannina Subregion: Zitsa City of Origin: Zitsa, Ioannina Date Founded: 1974 Owner Name: brothers Aristides and Eustatius Stathios Spanos Vineyard Size: 210 HA Total Annual Production: 200,000 Property History: Read more EPIRUS – The Apiros Chora (meaning infinite land) as it was once known because of its size and the magnificence of its landscape – present not only a rich history but also a tradition full of wine. At Zoinos Winery this tradition lively remains waiting for the wine lovers to consume the wine of Zitsa. In 2006 the winery separated from the Agricultural Union of Ioannina, creating Zoinos Winery, as we know it today. Since then, the company has made several investments in order to upgrade the winery facilities, established a new branch in the city of Ioannina and participates in viticultural research programs for the identification of the native varieties from Epirus, in cooperation with the Universities of Ioannina, Crete and the Institute of Wine. New vineyards, 130 acres cultivated by Zoinos, planted with the indigenous varieties of Zitsa and at the same time, reviving some of the rarest indigenous varieties from Epirus, by producing wines rooted in an organic logic and representative of their terroirs. Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Zoinos Zoinos 2021 "Epiloges" Debina ORGANIC View Wine

Read more This ancient family firm has become a dependable source for some heart-warmingly traditional examples of Alsace wines. In recent years, they have systematically converted all their own holdings to certified organic viticulture, though they continue to buy a significant proportion of other grapes from long-term partners. The wines are full-flavored, varietally distinct and properly dry. They offer a price-quality ratio that is hard to beat. Now that the 23 hectares are fully organic, a new range of wines under the name “Midelberg”, an ancient dialectal name for their beautiful village, has been released with a striking label and bottling under screw-cap. Boeckel FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Boeckel Country: France Region: Alsace Subregion: Mittelbergheim City of Origin: Mittelbergheim Date Founded: 1853 Owner Name: Thomas and Jean-Daniel Boeckel Vineyard Size: 59.28 acres owned, grapes also purchased Total Annual Production: 300,000 bottles Property History: Read more For 400 years the Boeckel family has had its roots firmly planted in the terroir of Mittelbergheim. In 1853, Frédéric Boeckel, an established winemaker from the centre of the village, founded the business which is today managed by the brothers Jean-Daniel and Thomas Boeckel, who are the fifth generation. Owner History: Read more History of the property Wines By Boeckel Boeckel 2021 Pet Nat View Wine Boeckel 2021 Riesling Brandluft ORGANIC View Wine Boeckel 2012 Riesling Stein, "Clos Eugenie" View Wine Boeckel 2014 Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes View Wine Boeckel 2021 Pinot Noir Oberpfoeller ORGANIC View Wine Boeckel 2020 Sylvaner Midelberg ORGANIC View Wine Boeckel 2020 Riesling Midelberg (organic) View Wine Boeckel 2019 Cremant d'Alsace Chardonnay Extra Brut View Wine Boeckel 2018 Sylvaner Midelberg (organic) View Wine Boeckel 2019 Cremant d'Alsace Rosé Brut View Wine

Read more I have admired this house since encountering a delicious 1976 vintage on an early visit to Champagne. The holdings are all in the villages of Moussy and Pierry, just south of Épernay and just above the start of the Côte des Blancs. Their spacious buildings are testimony to the scale of their former operations. Now they are content to sell off the majority of their grapes to other houses while retaining the best for themselves, all of which are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Production is now down to a scant 50,000 bottles a year, and they show no hurry to sell anything! One of the attractions is their considerable library of old vintages for sale, including the Mathusalems of 1990, of which we always seem to sell out! R. Renaudin FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: R. Renaudin Country: France Region: Champagne Subregion: Coteaux Sud Epernay City of Origin: Moussy Date Founded: 1724 Owner Name: Mr. Dominique Tellier Vineyard Size: 12 HA Total Annual Production: 20,000 bt/year Property History: Read more Time Honoured Renown: the Renaudin family, successors to the prestigious lineage of the "Seigneur des Conardins", Pierre Comte de Failly since 1724.Production of Quality Champagne, with larges reserves : the cellars of the Champagne house Renaudin hold 4 years of stock which come solely from our vineyards. These cover 24 hectares (58 acres) and they are located on the most covoted slopes of Epernay and the Côte des Blancs. Quality : this starts from the time of harvesting right up the moment of labelling. This is all done in the pure champagne tradition. Thanks to its structure, vineyards, and production capacity, Champagne Renaudin is among the finest middle-sized properties (after the large Champagne Houses). The Renaudin signature is a pledge to customers and friends, alike. The Renaudin family takes the head of this historic champagne Estate after Pierre Louis, Comte de Failly since 1724, who belong to the prestigious Seigneurs des Conardins. The spirit or R.Renaudin champagne is to let time take its course. The vinyards located on the south of Epernay’s hills are worked in a way that respects nature and is based on a sustainable viticulture. Their wines are mainly blended with Chardonnay Premier Cru and Millesimes of over 10 years of age, keeping all their freshness thanks to a specific winemaking process. Their characer is expressed though the strikingly fruity and mature aromas, as well as the delicacy of their effervescence and their distinctive bottling : a singularity in the Champagne region. Owner History: Read more In 1777, the last lord, " Seigneur Pierre Louis de Failly, Chevalier, Vicomte de Vinay, Seigneur de Moussy, des Conardins, des Grelets, la Neuveille, Chouilly, Vicomte de Vrigny et Coulommes, Baron de Gueux, Seigneur de Montmarsant, Feuillet et Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis ". abandoned his military career and devoted himself entirely to the management of his estates and vineyards. Exiled in 1791, he died in Liège in 1792. The Château des Conardins was sold in December 1797 as property of the state. It was devastated and destroyed, probably by fire. At the Domaine des Conardins, a vestige of this bygone age, the tradition of its illustrious lords is maintained year after year by vinifying the fruit of its harvests, laid to rest in its cellars. Derived from the book :"Historv of a family from Lorraine"by Geoffroy de Failly. Henri de Failly was born on December 14, 1670 at the Château de Givron, and died at the Château de Vinay on May 5, 1756.Their children were: a/ Marie-Françoise-Claire de Failly, born in 1720. b/ Barbe de Failly, born in 1723. c/ Pierre-Louis, who follows hereunder.d/ Suzanne-Rose de Failly, born in 1727. Pierre-Louis will, dated August 26, 1827, indicates that for his part, he received 4436 francs of 3% annuity. This must-have represented one-fifth of his mother's estate. Eight children were born of this marriage: a/ Achille-Henri, who follows. b/ Emilie-Françoise de Failly, born in 1755 c/ Adélaide-Barbe de Failly, born in Vrigny in 1756. d/ Alexandre- François-Jacques- Guy- Aldon de Failly, born at the Château des Conardins on December 6, 1760. e/ Auguste-Claude-Bernard de Failly, born in 1763. f/ Jeanne-Rose de Failly, born in 1759. g/ Pierre-Louis Marie. Dominique TELLIER RENAUDIN ensure the permanence of domain. Wines By R. Renaudin R. Renaudin 2013 "L'Espiègle" Brut Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru View Wine R. Renaudin N.V. Brut Reserve View Wine R. Renaudin N.V. Brut Reserve View Wine R. Renaudin 2005 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Lot 54 View Wine R. Renaudin 2006 "L'Espiègle" Brut Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru View Wine

Read more We shall be eternally grateful to Vincent Raimbault for introducing us to his friend in the village of Mosnes – one of only two vignerons making it their home!. This fellow is a star. Xavier Frissant FEMALE WINEMAKER Producer: Xavier Frissant Country: France Region: Loire Subregion: Touraine Amboise City of Origin: côtes de la Commune de Mosnes. Owner Name: Isabelle & Xavier Frissant Vineyard Size: 66.69 acres Property History: Read more Our vineyards encompass 5 different lieux-dits , spread out over 2 terroirs : -Our clay and silicate soils are rich in flints. Thes soils make up the parcels we call Frênes, Pierres et de la Touche. -Silt and sand soils can be found in our Hauts- Noyers and Clos du Verger parcels. Each grape is planted in the terroir that allows for maximum expression of complexity for the grape. We have land in the following areas-- : - L'AOC Touraine Amboise, wheere we have planted Chenin for the whites, allowing for delicate and yet rich wines, and in red the Côt where structure, finesse, and ageability are paramount. - L'AOC, TOURAINE shows off the Sauvignon blanc expressing the minerality of our terroir. For many years now we have also grown an old variety,« Fié Gris », from an old strain of Sauvignon. It is characteristically rich, unctous, and floral, while remaining surprisingly delicate. We work in a sustainable and responsible way,and intervene in the vineyard solely in extreme situations of climactic risk. This avoids harming the ecosystem and the lives of men.In the cave we adapt our vinification according to the needs of the terroir and the grape to maximize their elegance and structure.. We work carefully with a tractor along the row, in such a way as to favor biodiversity in our parcels. we maintain grass and weeds in the rows to limit erosion, and to keep the vigor of the vine in control to prevent to high a yeild, but mow regularly to keep it under control. We practice green harbvesting as necessary depending on the size of the crop. Everything is done with an eye towards acheiving a healthy crop. Owner History: Read more The FRISSANT estate has passed from father to son for eight generations. Wines By Xavier Frissant Xavier Frissant 2011 'Renaissance' (Touraine-Amboise) View Wine Xavier Frissant M' de la Touche 2014 View Wine