Beaujolais

The domaine Jean Foillard is an emblematic Estate in Beaujolais. Jean Foillard, who has ran the Estate since 1981, vinifies natural wines, rendering full expressions of the gamay. The Estate covers 16.5 hectares, and produces in average 60000 bottles per year. Its flagship wine, called "Côte du Py"

The Beaujolais region has been the cradle of biodynamics viticulture, and welcomes today many winegrowers sensitive about a clean and respectful viticulture. Many have followed suit to Jules Chauvet. Among them is Jean Claude Lapalu. The vineyard is located just south of Mount Brouilly, and spread

Marcel Lapierre, who passed away in 2010, was a great winegrower in Beaujolais. His firm belief that wines should be as natural and organic as possible influenced many peers through France. His son Mathieu, who has been working with him since 2005, and his mother carry on the exploitation of the Est

A Korean with a oenologist degree, Mee Godard is emblematic of the young and dynamic generation of winegrowers from Beaujolais. She took over in february 2013 five hectares of an Estate with no heirs: the slots of old Gamay vines are located on the best soils of Morgon (Corcelette, Grand Cras, Côte

2013 marks the first vintage of Anthony Thevenet. The young winemaker inherited from his grandfather a precious set of old vines, located in Morgon and Chénas, in the Beaujolais. Anthony first learned his trade with the neighboring winegrowers, inspiring personalities such as Jean Foillard and Geo

The history of Château Thivin goes back to at least 1877, when Zaccharie Geoffray, ancestor of Claude and Claude-Edouard Geoffray, bought fewer than two hectares of vines. The vines are grown without pesticides. Furthermore, biodiversity is enhanced by leaving grass and flowers to grow between the

Beaujolais is a wine-growing region where one naturally becomes a winemaker from one generation to the next. The work of the new generation led by the Lapierre, Metras, Chapel, and now Alex Foillard speaks for itself. Alex Foillard got started by acquiring two hectares of vines ranging between the

Son of a family of winegrowers in the southern Beaujolais, Paul-Henri Thillardon created his estate in 2008 from 2 ha of vines in the Chénas appellation. From the beginning, he farms his vines organically and vinifies his wines without added sulfur. The estate has grown from year to year to reach 12