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Le vignoble
Arretxea
Thérèse and Michel Riouspeyrous, who are now quietly handing over the estate to their sons Iban and Théo, can be proud of their success on their family estate. They have become the reference for Basque wines and perhaps even for the whole of the South West.
Avignonesi
Burlotto
Carole Bouquet
Pantelleria, a small Italian island between Sicily and Tunisia, with its dark, steep, wind-whipped slopes, is where Carole Bouquet has taken up the challenge of resurrecting an anthological wine, Passito.
Cascina Fontana
Striking value for money and pleasure! Cascina Fontana is a small, family-run, 4-hectare winery located in the Barolo hills of the Langhe, south of Alba, in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Mario Fontana is a neighbour and cousin of the great Bartolo Mascarello. It is a region of rare majestic beauty, with castle-topped vine-covered hills that look down on each other over steep, plunging valleys. Vines have been grown here for at least six generations. The traditional grape varieties of Langhe, Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo are grown to produce a range of prestigious wines that are the purest expression of the land from which they were born, Langhe.
Elio Sandri
Elio Sandri owns 8 hectares of vineyards in Piedmont at Monforte d'Alba on the famous Disa hill on blue marl soils. A magical terroir planted with Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto. The production of the estate is unfortunately limited, around 3500 bottles depending on the vintage and distribution in France is very rare... The vinification is very traditional, with the minimum of interventions, with macerations in concrete vats to bring out the fruit as much as possible. Fermentations are carried out with indigenous yeasts and the wine is aged for a very long time, at least 60 months for the Riserva vintage! Elio Sandri's Barolo wines are fascinating to taste, lovers of elegant and refined wines will be won over, black fruits, dried flowers and spices harmonise, great wines of terroir and emotion with an immense capacity for ageing, and at prices that are still very reasonable..
Elisabetta Foradori
Eric Bordelet
Eric Bordelet is the reference when you want to taste an exceptional cider or perry.
Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Gaja
Giuseppe Mascarello
A few drops of the immense Giuseppe Mascarello... One of the greatest names in Piedmont and in particular in Barolo...
La Spinetta
Les Petits Riens
The sublime and rare wonders of the Aosta Valley by Fabien Bonnet and Stefania Galimberti..
Luciano Sandrone
Located in the municipality of Barolo, Luciano, together with his brother Luca, produces some of the greatest wines of Piedmont. A former cellar master at the Marchesi di Barolo Cooperative, Luciano managed to acquire a hectare in the famous "Cannubi Boschis".
Montevertine
Montevertine is a superb estate with 18 hectares of vineyards in the Chianti region of Radda between Florence and Siena. Martino Manetti carries on the work of his father Sergio with the same traditional approach and delivers great wines with great ageing potential, among the best Sangiovese of all Tuscany, such as the masterpiece of the estate, the famous Pergole Torte..
Orto Di Venezia
A vineyard on the water...
Pierre-Jean Villa
Planeta
Principiano Ferdinando
Roagna
Serafino Rivella
Sorelle Bronca
Sottimano
Rino Sottimano took over the estate in 1975. His son Andrea joined him in 1994 along with Elena and Claudia. The vineyard is located in the heart of the superb Barbaresco terroirs and the Cotta, Currà, Fausoni, Pajorè and Basarin crus and now covers 18 hectares.