Vignoble du Loup Blanc
A visit to Vignoble du Loup Blanc, with Carine Farre, near the hamlet of Roueyre, close to the village of Bize-Minervois, and following up a recommendation from Clément Mengus from Castigno. First an explanation of the name. A loup blanc or white wolf is something that does not really exist. So a flight of fantasy. We tasted in quite a smart new building that housed the cellar, but in 2003 Carine, with her compagnon at the time, had bought the traditional cellar old opposite. It had a belonged to two brothers who were cooperative members, who had not really used it since the war. Carine and her partners put it too good use for 15 years before they built the new cellar. They are four associates, two in France, here and two in Quebec, including Carine’s brother. They are not from a wine family, but came to wine par passion . Their parents were farmers, and they simply learnt on the job. They now have 16 hectare...
