From Pension Fund to Multibillionaire
The winery Château d’Esclans in the Esclans valley north of Le Muy has had a strong ownership journey to say the least, thirty years ago the winery was owned by the Swedish...
Category: Wine producers
Hot News from Provence
Read about the billionaires’ rosé wine, the vintner’s fight against nature and the increasingly warm and variable climate, as well as new vineyard owners where old presidents get involved. Unfortunately, there are...
The Organic Provence
As you already know, the Provence wine region is the leader in France in terms of the percentage of organic vineyard area, and the percentage is increasing and increasing. Since November this...
French protests!
The Provencal rosé wine has become a world leader and in recent years several large wine companies have invested in Provence. Moët Hennessy LVMH’s Wines & Spirits division has previously bought Château...
Domaine de La Bégude in Bandol is sold
It has been rumored for six months that Domaine de La Bégude in Bandol is about to be sold, blog post 2022-03-03, something that owner Guillaume Tari has persistently denied. Now, however,...
Fresh news from the vineyards
Here comes brand new news about the vineyards of Provence. It is both facts and a bit of celebrity gossip! All producers are included in my English Provence wine book so now...
Celebrities in Provence and Frost
News from the Provence wine world so you know what’s going on! It’s starting to get crowded with celebrities in the Provencal wine estates! 13 years ago, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie...
Corked News from the Provencal Wine World
News from the Provencal wine world so you can keep up to date with what’s happening: Today, 200,000 tonnes of cork bark are harvested per year for wine corks where the big...
Notes from the Provence Wine World – The Success Story of the Rosé Wine and New Winery Owners
The Continued Success Story of the Rosé Wine Recent figures from the CIVP (Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provence), which includes the three largest appellations and represents 96% of AOP’s wine production...
Rabiega once again Swedish-owned plus other sold vineyards in Provence!
Domaine Rabiega is once again Swedish-owned and where the renowned winemaker Lars Torstenson is back as wine maker. Read more about this and other vineyards sold in Provence. These wineries have been...
