Lalou BIZE-LEROY made the decision to expand Maison Leroy’s own vineyards. Domaine Leroy now has 21 hectares, 99 acres, and 66 centiares. She instantly began biodynamic cultivation on all the vineyards. From her belief that everything is alive: the soil, the grounds, the plants are “…as alive as animals and humans…”, she stopped using any products with chemicals on the vines. Since 1988, all the vines are comple...

The first traces of the Bichot family date back to 1214. They settled in Burgundy in 1350, in their fief of Chateauneuf-en-Auxois. The family’s coat of arms has not changed since nor has its symbol, a doe (biche). In 1831, Bernard Bichot founded a wine trading business in his name, in Monthlie. His son, Hippolyte, succeeded him and bought the first vines in Volnay, already convinced that upstream control was essential. His son, Albert Bichot, the ...

Winemaker in Saint-Emilion, Jean-Marie Carrille purchased Chateau Poupille in 1967 and gave the management to his son Philippe Carrille in 1989, the 5th generation of wine producers. Poupille is located East of Bordeaux, 6 miles away from Saint-Emillion in Sainte Colombe. The estate is composed of old vines aged 35 years old in average. The vines face south at the top of hills. In local dialect Poupille means << end of the hill >> "Le P...

“Limoux A unique terroir, The first sparkling wine in the world” In 1531, wines from Limoux stepped into the world stage, thanks to Benedictine monks from the St Hilaire abbey, a neighboring village, who created the first sparkling wine in the world. In 1946, the founding winemakers of the winery christened the cellar: Sieur d’Arques. This cuvee is the fruit of 25 years of research. A light wine with primary aromas of white...