No chemical fertilizers. When there is a need, we use only organic compost to add nutrients to our vineyards via the intermediary of the soil. We feed the soil, never the vine.

 No weed killers, only plowing by traditional methods. This aerates the soil, allowing it to live in the most natural fashion while favoring the development of bacteria that improve the quality of both the soil and the grapes.

 No anti-botrytis treatments, just careful, hands-on viticultural practices which enable us to avoid this strain of rot. Well-aerated vines arrived at by pruning long and de-budding severely, pinching of excess secondary shoots, de-leafing and keeping yields low allow us to exclude these powerful chemicals from our vineyards.

 No insecticides, always sexual confusion pheromones to assure our vines are protected against pests.

 All our vineyard work is done with an ultra-light tractor which avoids compacting the soil, allowing it to breathe and develop naturally.

We work equally hard with the farmers from whom we buy grapes for our négociant wines. We cooperate on choosing the best farming methods, and they allow us to do much of the quality-improving hand work ourselves in their vineyards: green-harvesting to reduce yield, pinching off secondary shoots, de-leafing. As 80% of a wine's quality comes from the work in the vineyard, we do all we can to assure our wines reach their true potential.