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La Grange will become even better

We have a additional consultant.

(from left to right: Thomas Raynaud, Pierre Fonteneau, Rolf Freund, Kyriakos Kynigopoulos, Nicolas de St.Exupérie)

From now on the renowned winemaker and consultant Kyriakos Kynigopoulos from Burgundy, and his right hand, Pierre Fonteneau, will set new accents at La Grange.
Kyriakos Kynigopoulos is one of the most known wine people in France. The magazine Terre des Vins declared him winemaker of the year.

Our long-standing consultant Jean Natoli will continue to support us. He will see to the daily needs at La Grange, so to say.
Kyriakos is well-connected in the international wine-world. He advises high-ranking wineries in Burgundy, Rhône and Oregon. His most famous client is the spanish winery Vega Sicilia. For Vega Sicilia he created the outstanding white wine Oremus in Hungary.

Kyriakos and Pierre visited La Grange last August. They had a look around the vineyards and got a first overview of the quality of our wines during a tasting-marathon.

The first improvements he suggested have already been implemented during the last harvest and are showing first promising results.

Our winemaker Thomas Raynaud thinks he can see a considerable improvement in quality and clarity.

It is our goal to give our wines an attractive freshness. We want to encourage the characteristic of our vineyards and the different varieties to shine through and we want to strengthen our different ranges.

An interview with helping hands from Germany

Thank you Lars and Marcus for helping with the harvest at La Grange. What were your first impressions?

Marcus: This was the first time that we helped with the harvest, so we didn't know what to expect. In the morning, when the vineyards are still shady, work was easy.
At noon, in the full sun, things looked differently all of a sudden. It's really hard work. Hats off to the people who have to do this all the time.

Lars: When I was introduced as the the boss's son-in-law conversations stopped for a couple of minutes. When it became clear that I don't speak french, everyone was happy to start talking again. At the end of the working day we shared what little french or german we all knew - very much to the amusement of everybody.

Marcus: Of course we didn't have any food with us because we didn't know lunch takes place in the vineyards. But they all shared their food with us. We really appreciated that.

Renate: Did you learn something new?
Lars and Marcus: Until now we only drank wine and never really thought much about 'winemaking'. During our holiday we followed the process from grape to fermentation for the very first time. It's impressive how much physical work is necessary for the last stages. After observing that you look at a bootle of wine with different eyes.

Renate: Are you in for the next harvest?
Both: Of course! Maybe even for a prolonged period of time, now that we know how things work.
Renate: What are your favorite wines?
Lars and Marcus: Castalides Réserve and Prat Bibal Tradition

Visitors from Leipzig

The Koscholleks from Leipzig came to visit us at La Grange. On a tour through our vineyards they received a crash course about wine.

Mister Koschollek sells our La Grange wines very successfully in his shop 'Getränke Staude' in Leipzig.

After the tour through our vineyards with expert guidance by Rolf he now knows everything there is to know about La Grange wines.

Old Table at La Grange

The organization 'Old Tablers Germany' is present in many german cities, Bielefeld included. If you would like to read more about this organization and it's goals, you can visit their website.

A little while ago they travelled to La Grange, curious about the winery and it's grounds. A total of 18 friends from Old Table 71 Bielefeld came to visit us and enjoyed Rolf's expertly conducted guided tour through the vineyards.

But a guided tour through the vineyards was by no means all we did together. The medieval town of St. Guilhelm le Désert, Pézenas and Carcassonne were just some of the sights in the vicinity of La Grange that we visited together. The most important part of the journey though was a picnic at the beach with good food and a good wine from La Grange of course.

We would like to thank our visitors and hope they had as much fun as we did.