Domaine La Durbane

Information

Description

I am Florence, grown up in Caderousse, a small village next to the Rhône river, 10km away from Châteauneuf du Pape. As a child, there were always great wines on the dinner table for family meals. And most important, a dad passionate about wine, who made his dream come true in 1999 by buying two plots of vines in AOC Châteauneuf du Pape and Côtes du Rhône. When i turned 18, I left home to study Chemistry at the university, saying "I'll come back someday". In the meantime, I met my husband Thomas, and we have worked 7 years in Switzerland in the pharmaceutical industry. As we felt the "call of Terroir", we decided in 2019 to let go this future that was all planned out to go back to my region of origin and take the family estate over. Today, La Durbane is represents 14,5 ha of vines in production, of which 7,5 ha on the AOC Châteauneuf du Pape, 3ha on the AOC Côtes du Rhône and 4ha of Vin de France vines. Thomas is German, and we have lived in Switzerland 7 years : influenced by these cultures, we feel a lot concerned about global warming and climate change. It was an evidence for us to start a conversion to organic farming as soon as we took the estate over. We have been certified by Ecocert from vintage 2023. For us, reducing our impact on the environment must be taken care of on all levels : it is not enough to only stop using synthetic crop-protecion products, we need to do more. Our actions: planting melliferous plants on fallow lands to favour pollinating insects, selection of local tree varieties to plant hedges, who play the role of host for biodiversity, organisation of vineyard tasks in order to reduce tractor use etc.

Wine-growing region

Vallée du Rhône

Country

France

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Production mode

Year of certification

2024

Packaging

Glass bottle

Type of product

Still wine

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Distribution network

Type of current customer(s)

Cafe / Hotel / Restaurant

Wine merchant

Broker / Commercial Agent

Retailer

Importer

Sommelier

Current countries

Germany

Belgium

Denmark

France

Italy

Lithuania

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

Republic of Korea

Singapore

Suede

UNITED STATES

Type of target customer(s)

Agent

HORECA

Wine merchant

Retailer

Wholesaler

Importer

Specialized organic stores

Sommelier

Target countries

Germany

Canada

France

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Monaco

Norway

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

Swiss

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Website

Visit the website of Domaine La Durbane

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Main contact

First name

Florence

Last name

Wesch

Fonction

Winemaker