The Amoreau family has been firmly rooted in the Libournais wine region for over 400 years, the 15th generation to be precise. This area lies on the right bank of the Dordogne and is home to famous vineyards such as Saint-Émilion, Pomerol and Fronsac. Known for their commitment to organic, biodynamic and regenerative viticulture, the family runs the...
Focus on naturalness Since its foundation in 2009, the Champagne Solemme winery, under the management of Olivier Langlais, has quickly made a name for itself. From the very beginning, the focus has been on organic cultivation. Certification was initiated in 2010 and successfully completed in 2013. Since 2018, the seal of Agriculture...
The story of Guillaume Sorbe Guillaume Sorbe, the talented winemaker behind Les Poëte winery, has his roots deep in the Reuilly appellation in the Centre Loire. The son of a winemaker who also worked as a chef and sommelier, Guillaume laid the foundations for his own winery in 2001. Today, the...
The Jean-Marc Bouley winery is certainly one of the most interesting wineries on the Côte de Beaune. For a long time, it was one of the most respected but not really celebrated wineries in Volnay. Jean-Marc Bouley had brought it to a good level, but remained there in a certain way until his son Thomas...
For many people, Lambrusco was for a long time a wine like Chianti in a raffia bottle or Soave in a litre bottle from the pizza parlour. It was one of those wines of the 1970s that, after a night of drinking and smoking, made you wake up at noon on a Sunday with a splitting headache. This wine is...
Domaine Rougeot Père & Fils from Meursault was founded by Henri Rougeot and is now run as a 4th generation family business by Pierre-Henri together with his father Marc. The farm covers 12.6 hectares of vines and produces around 60% of white wine and 40% of red wines. The narrative of family tradition and dedication...
It is not every day that one can announce a newly founded domaine in Burgundy. This is not really the case with Domaine Boris Champy either; for he has taken over the domaine from Didier Montchovet and thus the oldest Demeter-certified vineyard in Burgundy. The process is nevertheless spectacular,...
How does a New Zealander who grew up in South Africa end up founding an iconoclastic winery in Roussillon? It's not exactly commonplace, but that's how it all is with Tom Lubbe of Domaine Matassa. In the late 90s, Tom worked at the only winery in South Africa that used spontaneous fermentation and low...
