Our Wines
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Vive la différence !
The way we make our wines at Domaine du Fontenay is fundamentally different from our immediate neighbours in the Côte Roannaise and from the vast majority of Gamay wine makers. Over the last 20 years modern wine-making techniques have completely dominated the industry. Having started off with these methods and finding them unsatisfactory, we have turned the clock right back to use old-fashioned, traditional methods: low yields, no added selected yeasts, no filtering at bottling, no additives at bottling, just to quote a few.
We feel that there is a certain irony in that it is the Englishman who is using the methods that local growers' grandfathers used and which they now consider to be outdated. Although our wines all share the same common grape variety, the Gamay, they have completely different characters which reflect partly the plot from which the grapes come (see Vieilles Vignes) and partly the way in which the wine is made (see L'Authentique).
Find out more
If you would like to buy some wine you can print an order form or become a partner of our Domaine through www.3dwines.com or www.dinavingardar.com. You will not regret coming all the way from the UK or Sweden to hear Simon tell you all about wine making at Fontenay.
We can ship anywhere in France but not directly to the U.K. However, we do send wine to a warehouse in Calais from which wine may be collected for a nominal fee and taken into the UK without duty.