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Sub-Region - Lirac
Jean Chauvet was a chemist come winemaker who saw the negative impact of excess agrochemical practices on soil health and started experimenting with organic farming and natural winemaking - using just wild yeast ferments
Gela and his family have been making wines for 8 generations using the traditional Georgian method where the wines are fermented in Qvevri
varying soil types from volcanic to marine sedimentary
Kevin Bouillet, Melon a Queue Rouge 2021, Arbois - Pupillin, Jura, France Domaine d'Ici La working by horse in theKevin Bouillet is one to watch! Having growing up in Pupillin, he set up his own domaine in 2018 with a combination of family plots and some vines he acquired from retiring farmers, making up 4 hectares on typical Jura terroir of Jurassic limestone and blue, grey marl. He's been organically farming the classic Jura varieties of Chardonnay, Savagnin, Ploussard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir as well as a rarer indigenous variety named 'red tailed melon' with