Beaujolais

Julien Sunier | Avenas

Certified Organic

Dijon-born surfer turned Cru Beaujolais, natural wine champion, Julien Sunier has extensive experience working for some of the most notable organic and biodynamic estates in Burgundy, Australia, New Zealand, and California. Although he is a Dijon native, he had no family connection to vineyards or the wine industry. His mother is a hair stylist, and one of her clients just happened to be Christophe Roumier, who offered to show Julien “what this wine stuff was all about.” (read more)

Chablis

Thomas Pico - Pattes Loup / Domaine Bois D’Yver | Courgis

Certified Organic

Twenty years into making some of the most unique and highly sought after Chablis, Thomas Pico remains humble, discreet, and steadfast in his dedication to farming the healthiest, most expressive grapes possible and caretaking the land as best he possibly can. While tasting through his wines in the cellar, it is evident that he is itching to get back out into the vineyard. Thomas’ eyes really start to shine when he’s showing you the lay of the land, the differences between the parcels, and when he points out important elements of his recent adoption to agroecology like the fruit trees he planted in the middle of his prized vineyards. (read more)

Isabelle et Denis Pommier | Poinchy

Certified Organic

The Pommiers were early adopters of natural principles in an appellation where precious few farm organically, particularly in the early 90’s when they first began. In 1990, the couple took over 2 ha of family-owned vines in the commune of Poinchy. From the get-go, they were committed to lutte raisonnée. Over the years, as they witnessed the improved health and quality of their vines, they practiced less and less intervention, finally relinquishing all pesticides and glyphosate in 2008, and becoming certified organic in 2010. (read more)

Mâconnais

Domaine de la Sarazinière | Mâcon-Villages (Bussières & Serrières)

Father and son Philippe and Guillaume Trébignaud are the 3rd and 4th generations to farm a selection of well-situated parcels in the southern Mâcon. Their parcels contain a swathe of older vines, including single old vine parcels of Chardonnay and Gamay planted in 1926. Even the domaine’s entry-level bottling is made with fruit from vines averaging 60 years old. (read more)