What to serve with a Crozes Hermitage wine?

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? Our team can advise you on the best pairings! Before choosing a dish to accompany a Crozes-Hermitage, it's important to know your wine. > See all our fine bottles of Crozes-Hermitage Zoom in on the appellation? The appellation is located in the Drôme department, in the Rhône Valley wine-growing region, and more specifically in the northern Rhône Valley. The 1,650 hectares of vines are located on the right bank... Read more

Which are the best Crozes-Hermitage estates?

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It's very difficult to come up with a list of the best estates in an appellation without frustrating or upsetting wine lovers who will prefer this or that winemaker. So here's a short list (in no particular order), because in the end, the list of the best Crozes-Hermitage winemakers could be much longer. Some winemakers are very good at producing Crozes-Hermitage wines with power, character and long ageing potential. Others will succeed in extracting a roundness and velvety... Read more

2016: Best wines of the vintage | 2016 Wine Guide

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Discover the ranking of the best wines of the 2016 vintage. Here are the elite wines of this great vintage. > Buy Great Wines of the 2016 vintage Ranking of the greatest French wines of 2016 Here are the best wines of the 2016 vintage with the highest scores by the Wine Advocate website, Robert Parker's team: 100/100 Wine Advocate: best wines of 2016 Cheval Blanc Cos d'Estournel 2016 Domaine Leroy Chambertin Grand Cru Domaine Leroy Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru Domaine d'Auvenay Chevalier Montrachet... Read more

Which wines to invest in at GIGONDAS? 

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We have chosen to use the word investment, not to advise you to buy this or that bottle in order to make a capital gain in a few years' time, but rather to invest in certain estates or appellations that will be more difficult to access financially in a few years' time. > The best Gigondas wines in stock THE MOST KNOWN CÔTES DU RHÔNE MERIDIONAUX Gigondas is one of the wine lover's best-known wines. In the eyes of all, it is the wine... Read more

Domaine de Cristia in Châteauneuf du Pape | The Guide

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Introducing the estate Domaine de Cristia was founded around 1942 by Etienne Grangeon. The estate takes its name from the locality, Cristia, where they have part of their vineyard. The vineyard is not far from the village of Courthezon, where the estate is located. Initially, the Domaine Cristia Châteauneuf du Pape estate owned around two hectares of Grenache vines in the southern Rhône Valley .... Read more

Domaine Grand Veneur: Alain Jaume's best cuvées and vintages

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The story of a family of talented winemakers Located in the northern part of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, the JAUME family has excelled as winemakers from generation to generation, since 1826. Alain Jaume's family currently operates 3 vineyards. There's the famous Domaine Grand Veneur, with its great plot-based cuvées, the most prestigious of the family's estates. Then there's Le Clos de Sixte and Chateau Mazane. Alain Jaume's family respects the environment in all aspects of winemaking. The methods... Read more

Château de Beaucastel Best Vintages: Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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Château de Beaucastel, owned by the Perrin family, is a winegrowing estate in Courthézon. Today, Jean-Pierre and François Perrin have taken over the 100-hectare estate, out of a total of 130 hectares. In this article, you'll find out more about the history behind this estate, as well as its cuvées, and in particular the cuvée in tribute to Jacques Perrin, which is the estate's most prestigious. What is a partner estate? It's a close partnership with the winemakers... Read more

The best vintages of Clos des Papes | Guide domaine

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The Avril family owns the prestigious Rhône estate Clos des Papes. For many tasters, it's one of the best Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines vintage after vintage, and the 2017 Clos des Papes lives up to its reputation at a price under 80€. Discover in this article which are the best vintages of Clos des Papes red and white according to the opinion of taster Robert Parker. You'll find these tasting notes for the reds and whites... Read more