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We've got some fabulous wines from Domaine Viret in the Northern Rhone. These wines are not only superb quality but also organic, biodynamic and made without the addition of sulphur. Their quality reflects the passion and dedication of father and son team Alain and Philippe Viret. Oz Clarke describes their wines as 'cosmic nectar' due to their own philosophy of natural production combining many ancient techniques with modern thinking, which they term 'cosmoculture'. For example many plants, across many cultures, have historically been known for their beneficial medicinal properties, so Philippe has studied plant microbiology and makes his own plant food for their vines from 14 different plants on the vineyard. The results are quite sensational.

We're also listing some other good value French wines, and some Bordeaux and Burgundy which we've recently discovered tucked away in the warehouse.

 

 

 

 

Bonfils

Bonfils is a family run wine business which now owns 15 estates stretching from Perpignan to Montpellier, including two Chateaux in Bordeaux. It's run by the sons of Jean Michel who are the 6th generation of the family to take the helm. They have just over 1000 hectares of vineyards making them big enough to benefit from savings made from economies of scale, which they subsequently pass on, making their wines great value for money.

As well as their own vineyards they are also negociants dealing with other winegrowers in the region. They have a state of the art winery on one of their Domaines - de la Motte, roughly in the centre of their vineyards near Narbonne, with a capacity to produce 10 million bottles per year. However this doesn't mean they make mass produced wines! Of course they blend and bottle for other vineyards through their negociant business, but all their own wines under the Bonfils name are made with minimal intervention (including minimal use of sulphur) with the emphasis firmly on quality. As keen advocates of Bonfils, we have been very fortunate to get a limited supply of their GPS range, just released and made in tiny quantities. In fact they only make 6000 bottles of each, the vast majority of which goes to the USA. We are the only UK retailer to offer these wines.

 

 

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