Les Garagistes
Artisanal Winery Village
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An innovative "Winery Village" of 12 spaces custom built for limited-production wineries, located in American Canyon, Napa Valley, California.
For winemakers and owners of limited production, high quality wine brands who are dedicated to their craft and wish to affordably assume more control over winemaking and promotional activities.
"When, in the late 1970's, Belgians Marcel and Gerard Thienpont purchased the land in Pomerol, Bordeaux where they established Chateau Le Pin, the concept of 'garage wines' did not exist. The garagistes phenomenon was boosted in the early 1990's by the appearance of another starring Bordeaux micro-chateau, St. Emilion's Chateau de Valandraud (with a tiny 'garage-like' winery). Helped by critic Robert Parker's eulogising and a bull market, the prices of these wines entered the stratosphere."
"The garagiste winemaker, intimately involved in every step of the process, is practically bound to make a wine which reflects his or her personality, just as a painting reflects the personality of the painter. It can be wine made to your own standards, with passion coming before profit."
Grape 20
For winemakers and owners of limited production, high quality wine brands who are dedicated to their craft and wish to affordably assume more control over winemaking and promotional activities.
"When, in the late 1970's, Belgians Marcel and Gerard Thienpont purchased the land in Pomerol, Bordeaux where they established Chateau Le Pin, the concept of 'garage wines' did not exist. The garagistes phenomenon was boosted in the early 1990's by the appearance of another starring Bordeaux micro-chateau, St. Emilion's Chateau de Valandraud (with a tiny 'garage-like' winery). Helped by critic Robert Parker's eulogising and a bull market, the prices of these wines entered the stratosphere."
"The garagiste winemaker, intimately involved in every step of the process, is practically bound to make a wine which reflects his or her personality, just as a painting reflects the personality of the painter. It can be wine made to your own standards, with passion coming before profit."
Grape 20
