After a good many visits to estates, vineyards, wine storehouses, terroirs, and a good many wine-tastings in this lovely Bergerac area, we have finally taken the plunge (I was going to say, “crossed the Rubicon”) in December 2004.

We have jumped with both feet onto “the other bank” of our dream: to become WINE GROWERS.

We were: she (Nathalie, director’s secretary), he (Alain, pharmacist in Paris).
We come from agricultural and farming families. This is a return to the land.

The goal of our change in life: to exploit the soil, to extract its excellence, to make the cultural gastronomic legacy of our beautiful France endure through wine.


MOULIN GARREAU appealed to us because of its location. The wide clay-limestone plateau of ST MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, the expressive, tannic wines generated by this land, which the oenologist recognises immediately: “Ah! It’s a MONTRAVEL”.

We are very close to Castillon, Montagne, and Puisseguin St Emilion. North of the Dordogne is the geologic continuation of Fronsadais.

There is a lot to do, but... the land is there!