After a first professional life abroad, with no particular career plan, he moved to Paris and, one thing leading to another, L’Atelier du Vin. His father, Pierre, had successfully developed this family business dating back to 1926, creating a wide range of wine accessories with a focus on function. He has picked up the torch, […]
This graduate of the Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin, who became ‘Tasteurologist’ after creating the first portable tool for assessing the texture of a wine using a set of fabrics, is widely acclaimed by wine lovers and curious professionals alike. On 11 January, he will be at Athenaeum alongside Florence Tilkens Zotiades […]
Since 2017, at the head of his own estate, he has made a name for himself, thanks to his wines. Mainly whites with a subtle balance between expression of the terroir and respect for the vintage, including a large number of 1er Cru in Saint-Aubin, Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet. Visit. For 19 appellations, the size of your […]
On LinkedIn, just one experience: ‘Michel Couvreur. Jan 1998 – present: 26 years and 11 months’. In other words, he knew the maturer-blender of whiskies aged mainly in sherry and port casks in Bouze-lès-Beaune as well as anyone, and he’s ensuring that his legacy lives on, alongside Cyril Deschamps and Alexandra Couvreur-Deschamps, his wife. Here […]
In 2020, this native of Limoges, who grew up in the Charente and south of Bordeaux, took over a leather goods workshop, specialising in travel, hunting and tableware accessories for professionals. Today, after refocusing on wine, sales have tripled. Better still, since this year, private customers have been welcome. To them, La Vie de Château… […]
There are very few people who can write about wine and sell it so well. Undoubtedly, this Englishman is one of them. The author of ‘Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti’, who also edits the magazine ‘Nobel Rot’ and co-owns three London restaurants, a number of wine cellars and a wine import company, will be at Athenaeum […]
Double news for this regular contributor to Capital, formerly at the JDD or the Revue du Vin de France: with illustrator Daniel Casanave, he has written Histoire des Grands Vins and a new edition of L’Incroyable Histoire du Vin, which has sold over 130,000 copies in France since its first publication in 2019. A story that deserves a […]
Between bottle labels, the Glougueule blog and the Mimi, Fifi & Glouglou comic strips, this true city dweller and natural wine enthusiast talks to Athenaeum about his career, his encounters, his cellar and his projects… How did you become a graphic designer? A family heritage, if you like. My grandfather was in the cardboard and […]
Born in the Valais, this former philosophy teacher is one of the most renowned wine tasters of his generation. The fruit of decades of peregrinations in vineyards the world over, this founder of the Club des Amateurs de Vins Exquis has now published a book: L’Archipel du Goût. A voyage of initiation into the world of […]
In less than six years, his mouth-blown glasses have made their mark on the world of wine. All over the world, renowned winemakers have made them their own. It’s a success story that, as far back as 2022, earned this Swiss entrepreneur a place on the Forbes list of ‘30 under 30’ people to watch… […]
On 28 and 29 September, for its 17th edition, the first book festival to be held in the heart of the Burgundy vineyards will be bringing together around a hundred authors at the château du Clos de Vougeot, including some of the best-known names when it comes to talking about wine. Here is a selection… A […]
In a lengthy interview – ‘we’re very talkative in the family’ – this great professional, attentive and sensitive, opens up. In Gevrey-Chambertin, with a calm tone, a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face, he talks in no particular order about climate change, biodynamic viticulture, the virtuous practices he has put in […]
