The wine grower

Land's craftsman ? Alchemist ? Artist ? The wine grower is all in the same time.

Meeting him, it is entering a world apart, a world where a worship is devoted to the ground and its products. It is approaching the spirit which rules in Montlouis. A meeting at the estate is touching lightly a magic world made of tradition and flavours' worship.

Who, better than the band leader of this alchemy can tell you about the earth and its expressions ?

The wine grower, who is a land's man, doesn't place himself in somebody's hands very easily. He protects fiercely his secrets which have been handed down his forefathers and he cultivates a legitimate pride when looking at his vineyard.

The visitor's questions flatter him and cheer him up. His coyness disappears and gives place to the hospitality which is characteristic the Loire valley people.

The wine grower likes to present his domain, talk about the influence of the climate on his land and the particular flavours it generates, the bunch of grapes he likes to take in his hands to feel the sap that swells the grapes and admire the colour the colour of the pulp before maturity. Then comes the tasting.