THE STORY The story of Domaine de Ménard starts in 1920, when Jean François Morel, a Swiss winegrower, settled in Gascony and acquired a 10 hectare estate. His daughter & son in law took over in 1960, extended the vineyard and built their first cellar. The love of vine and wine was [...]

THE STORY Château les Arromans was founded in 1965 by Jean & Sylvette Duffau, who were among the first in the region to bottle and sell their own wine, which they sold exclusively to private individuals, who became loyal clients thanks to the quality and reputation of the wines produced at the [...]

THE STORY Joël Duffau comes from a long line of winegrowers – nine generations! With that kind of heritage, his destiny was almost preordained… and so it was that after studying oenology in France and abroad, he founded the Chateau la Mothe du Barry vineyards in 1985. The estate is located in [...]

THE STORY For many years, the family run Clos Lapeyre was given over to mixed farming (livestock, fruit and grapes for the local wine-growers cooperative), until Jean-Bernard Larrieu (3 rd generation), having recently graduated with a degree in viticulture/oenology, took over. From 1985 on the estate specialized in winegrowing, with Jean-Bernand [...]

THE STORY The Domaine Rotier story starts back in 1975, when Alain Rotier’s parents bought the vineyard which had been practically abandoned, with the intention of bringing the estate back to life. Alain joined forces with them in 1985 and decided to leave the winegrowers cooperative and build a cellar on the estate. [...]

THE STORY The Molinié family has been living in the village of Carnac-Rouffiac since the 14th century and is inextricably linked to the local vineyards and winemaking traditions.In 1998, having obtained his diploma in viticulture & oenology, Matthieu Molinié took over the family estate. His partner Virginie obtained the same diploma and joined him [...]

THE STORY It’s here in the glorious Cahors countryside that Cathy & Daniel Fournié tend their 30 hectare estate, nestling on the clayey and stony soil of the 3rd terrace of the Lot Valley.The Fourniés used to deliver their Malbec grapes to the local winegrowers cooperative, but convinced of the the quality of their [...]

THE STORY The Verhaeghe vineyards were founded in the 1950’s by Léon Verhaeghe, who had moved to the Lot region from his native Belgium a few years previously. Charles Verhaeghe, his son, was a sort of pioneer in that he planted vines on the poor stony soils of the Cahors appellation, at [...]

THE STORY It all began back in 1963, when Primo de Conti, whose parents emigrated from Italy in the 20’s, bought some land with his wife Odette in the little village of St Julien d’Eymet, 20km south of Bergerac. He planted several hectares of vines, cereals and also had some cattle [...]

THE STORY It all began with Primo de Conti, a farmer and son of Italian immigrants, who planted some vines in Ribagnac, in the heart of the ‘Purple Périgord’ region. When his son Luc took over the vineyards, he created Château Tour des Gendres in 1981 with the ambition of making [...]