AOC: Vin de Pays de l’Herault 45% Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre, 20% Carignan, 20% Grenache The grapes are hand-picked, and each varietal undergoes separate vinification r at least 30 days, spend six to eight months aging, and are then blended and…
Joël and Christine Laval, Joël’s brother, Philippe, and their father, operate this 30 hectare (about 80 acres) estate in the heart of Aniane in the south of France. Philippe works with the vines, Joël is a bank director but also…
AOC: Saint Chinian 35% Syrah, 35% Grenache, 30% Cinsault To produce this wine, grape harvesting is done half by machine and half by hand. The stems are removed and the vinification is carried out using traditional methods with careful control…
AOC: Saint Chinian 50% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 20% Carignan, 10% Mourvedre To produce this wine, grape harvesting is done half by machine and half by hand. The stems are removed and the vinification is carried out using traditional methods with…
Until the French Revolution, the Domaine de la Bousquette belonged to the Abbey of Fontcaude, when it was acquired by the Monsieur Moustelou de Cessenon. His ancestors in the families Fabre-Ginoulhac then nurtured the estate until the sale of the…
Vignoble Boudon, owned by Patrick and Maryse Boudon, is part of the larger Vignoble Boudon, a winery founded by Patrick’s grandfather in 1920 in the Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux. The Boudon vineyard has been certified organic since 1963 and was…
AOC: Entre-Deux-Mers Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc Laubarit Sales SheetShelf Talker
AOC: Bordeaux 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes are de-stemmed, fermented in vats and held there for up to two weeks to ehance flavors and complexity. Then the wine is aged for several months and bottled in the winter following…
This property has been in the Dumas and Simonneau families since 1780. In 1965, Pierre-Abel and Nicole Simonneau took over the estate and now manage it with their son, Florent, and their daughter-in-law, Isabelle. Their vinyeards in the Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge…
AOC: Graves Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Muscadelle The white grape production at the estate is quite small, less than two acres. Vinification takes place in controlled temperature stainless steel tanks and fined with Bentonite. Aging takes place in underground cement…
Pierre André and now his daughter, Jacqueline, continue a family tradition of producing powerful red wines from their 37 acres of vines in Courthézon, between Orange and Avignon in southern France. Organic agriculture is another tradition in this family; begun…
AOC: Givry 100% Pinot Noir Sales/Tech Sheet
Non-Vintage AOC: Crémant de Bourgogne An excellent sparkling wine that rivals the finest Champagne! Guy Chaumont produces red, white and sparkling wines from vineyards on the Cote Chalonnaise, a low ridge extending south of Beaune in the center of France’s…
Non-Vintage AOC: Crémant de Bourgogne Chardonnay, Aligoté, and Pinot Noir An excellent sparkling wine that rivals the finest Champagne! Guy Chaumont produces red, white and sparkling wines from vineyards on the Cote Chalonnaise, a low ridge extending south of Beaune…
AOC: Givry 100% Chardonnay Guy Chaumont produces red, white, and sparkling wines from his vineyards on the Côte Chalonnaise, in the center of France’s Burgundy region. Guy took over the winery from his father who converted the twelve-acre estate to…
AOC: Côte Chalonnaise 100% Pinot Noir Guy Chaumont produces red, white, and sparkling wines from his vineyards on the Côte Chalonnaise, in the center of France’s Burgundy region. Guy took over the winery from his father who converted the twelve-acre…
The Canorgue estate is located in the heart of the Lubéron Mountains between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence. The chateau is built on ruins of a Roman villa in the village of Bonnieux, in the center of the southern French region known…
Non-Vintage AOC Champagne – Vandières (Marne) Aged for three years in large oak barrels. this Champagne has a rich, full aroma, creamy texture. and mature fruit flavors made more complex by hints of yeast and nuts. This dry, full-bodied style…
The Faust twenty acres of vineyards. certified organic since 1971, are located in Vandières, on the Marne River in the Champagne district of France. The soil is mostly clay with varying levels of chalk, rich in magnesium and with a…
As a varietal, Riesling, with its great acidity, is one of the rare grapes that can make fabulous sweet wines as well as dazzling dry wines by stopping fermentation; either by adding sulphur dioxide, by centrifuging, or by chilling the…
Pinot Blanc is a grape that is widely grown but doesn’t usually stand on its own, except in Alsace and in parts of Northern Italy. The grape is derived from Pinot Gris, itself a form of Pinot Noir, and it’s…
Navarrsotillo is a small family farm of approximately 60 hectare (150 acres) located in La Rioja/Navarra region in northern spain. It was founded in 1995 by brother Andrés and Ramón Serrano, and their cousin, Luis Ruiz. The land, however, had…
One of three Muscadets produced at the Bossard winery, this cuvée is also 100% Melon de Bourgogne. The grapes are grown in granite sub-soil and schist lending great minerality to the wine. Sales Sheet
This sparkling wine is a blend of Folle Blanche, Melon de Bourgogne, and Chardonnay, with some Cabernet-Franc to add complexity and structure. After bottling the wine is fermented a second time with champagne yeasts and let to age on the…
Fred Niger and his wife Claire produce award winning wines from their forty-two acre estate in the town of Le Landreau in Brittany on France’s Atlantic coast. This is in the heart of the Sèvre et Maine district, the most…