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Since 2014, under the leadership of its managing director, David Liorit, Château Petit Val has made the fusion of tradition, innovation, and elegance its DNA. Meet a man in constant search of challenges. You are the managing director of Château Petit Val. What was your career path before arriving at the Château? After studying viticulture, oenology, wine commerce, and agricultural management, I enrolled at the Derenoncourt school, where I learned to break away from traditional academic foundations to bring my own style to wine. I then became the general manager of a group of shareholders... Read more
Portraits of winegrowers
Emmanuel Guillot considers the quintessence of wines through the prism of sommellerie, vineyards and comics. Inspired by his family's winegrowing history, he shares an intimate view of the Bourgogne...
Portraits of winegrowers
Near the Garonne river, below the Tabanac bell tower, Côtes de Bordeaux, this is a confidential vineyard that rises to 80 m above sea level and rests on clay-limestone and clay-gravel soils; the...
Portraits of winegrowers
You can’t get past Château Marquis d’Alesme and not admire its palatial appearance. The classic facades of this 3rd Classified Growth of 1855 with its arcades and pilasters, reminding the best...
Portraits of winegrowers
Since 2015, it's Alexandre Plocq who writes the history of Château Vieux Rivallon, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, resolutely determined to continue his grandfather's work, in his own way ... In cases...
Portraits of winegrowers
Smiling, full-bodied, hedonistic, with an equal desire to please: this is how 50-year-old women consider themselves according to sociological studies. The same is true for La Dominique, bought half a...
Portraits of winegrowers
1930-2020, 90 years of dedication of three generations where each one brought his signature. Yvonne Jacquemart, founder and daughter of a woman winegrower in Ludes, brought kindness, excellence...