My passion for wine started when I was 12. I remember our family dinners at my grand parents' house. My grand-father always opened very old vintages of Bordeaux or Burgundy and poured a tiny quantity of wine in my glass (despite my mother's protests). Some wines were exclellent, others tasted like vinegar!
Year after year, I discovered the diversity of French wines, their quality, their taste of terroir, their stories... I wanted to share with the world our authentic French wines!
After a MBA in International Management, I joined a group of winemakers in the Loire Valley for a year during which I learned everything about the production process of wine.
After working in New York for a French wine importer and distributor, I flew to the West coast to discover the wine market in California.
After 2 years of working, traveling, studying each market in the United-States, I was ready to launch my own business and select French terroir wines for the United States.
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My selection of wine is based on 3 essential features:
- Authenticity: small production wines, made using traditional, organic or biodynamic techniques
- Quality: balanced wines which reveal the fruit and the lovely expressions of terroir
- Value: the price of the wines I select must match their quality
This is the philosophy that I want to share with you.
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