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Beaux Frères - Giannikos Winery

'Beaux Frères' means 'brothers-in-law'. In this case, it concerns the brothers-in-law Michael G. Etzel and Robert Parker, who bought this winery in Oregon in the US in 1986. Belles Soeurs was first made in 1996, but the wine was immediately included in the Beaux Frères wines the following year. In 2017, the wine was reintroduced. The Belles Soeurs is a select cuvée composed of 3 vineyards located in the AVA Ribbon Ridge in the Willamette Valley. The Beaux Frères style can be described as natural and authentic, according to biodynamic and organic methods. Today, the winery is owned by Maisons & Domaines Henriot (owners of Champagne Henriot, Bouchard Père et Fils, and William Fèvre).

A few years ago they started with biodynamic agriculture. They all work with natural products such as tonics from dandelion and nettle tea the way for a symbiotic relationship with our landscape and this gives top fruit. They compost on-site and graft their cuttings and pay close attention to regular observation and connection to the vines.

The Beaux Frères Vineyard is located on 88 acres atop Ribbon Ridge near Newberg (Yamhill County, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA). Tall and stately Douglas occupies nearly 50 acres of the land with homestead and winery buildings occupying another 8 acres. The vineyard is located on 30 acres (24 of which are planted) of steep, contiguous southeast, south, and southwest-facing hills of Willekenzie soils at an elevation of approximately 120 meters. Planting began in 1988 with tightly planted Pinot Noir vines at a density of about 2200 plants per acre (a lot of competition makes for deeper rooting). The oldest vines in the vineyard are now 31 years old and the vineyard as a whole is a mixture of homegrown Pommard and Wädenswil clones and younger Dijon clones on phylloxera-resistant rootstocks. Located just north and a little higher than the Beaux Frères Vineyard, the Upper Terrace Vineyard was first planted in 2000. It consists of Dijon clones of Pinot Noir occupying about 9 acres of the 40-acre property - the remainder is densely wooded and lush with flora and fauna.

Beaux Frères - Giannikos Winery
Giannikos Winery bezit 8 ha wijnstokken op twee locaties, één in Korinthe rond de wijnmakerij en de andere in Mycene, nabij de beroemde archeologische vindplaats en geboorteplaats van de Griekse wijnbouw bijna 4000 jaar geleden. Beide wijngaarden worden strikt biologisch geteeld omdat men ervan overtuigd is dat alleen natuurlijk geteelde wijnstokken gezonde druiven kunnen produceren die de basis vormen van hun kwaliteitswijnen. Een ander belangrijk aspect is de invloed van de zee op het microklimaat. De verkoelende winden zorgen samen met de mediterrane zon en de bodem voor de beste omstandigheden en zijn de redenen dat Giannikos Winery internationaal inmiddels al zeer gewild en bekend is maar gezien de kleine productie. Griekenland heeft een rijk erfgoed van inheemse druivensoorten en bij Giannikos Winery heeft men als filosofie om de traditie en nieuwe technologie te verenigen. Daarom teelt men biologisch en oogsten en snoeien men zorgvuldig met de hand. In de wijnmakerij gebruiken ze moderne stalen tanks, ultramoderne machines en Franse eiken vaten van geselecteerde fabrikanten.

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