Bordeaux

Wineries

Merlot

Cabernet Franc

Bordeaux & Bordeaux Supérieur

As a wave of housing development threatened to engulf the small Bordeaux wine village of Cardan and take away its rural culture, its community decided to take a stand to maintain the rural and architectural heritage of the village.

Founded with the mission to protect the heritage of the beautiful village of Cardan, sustain its rural community and to hand produce high quality organic wines, Paradise Rescued was founded by Australian engineer entrepreneur and villager David Stannard in 2010. 

Beginning with a half hectare block of neglected Cabernet Franc, overlooked by the 12th century village church, setting an organic viticulture / wine strategy in place, Paradise Rescued has progressively restored the vineyard to good health and created the almost unique Bordeaux B1ockOne varietal Cabernet Franc brand wine.

In 2011, a second vineyard block was purchased next to the property and winery. The existing (now) 65 year old Merlot vines were retained and the remaining area cleared and replanted in new Merlot in 2014. This vineyard has become the home of Paradise Rescued Merlot and BlockTwo Merlot CabFranc Bordeaux blend.

Our vineyard, winery and wine philosophy is built on the health of our vineyard soil, from which we grow the best vines and fruit for our winemaking. The wines are elegant, "fruit forward" and easy to drink at a young age but with the potential to mature beautifully, reflecting the care taken in both the vineyard and winery. We combine straightforward traditional techniques of winemaking and oak barrel maturation combined with modern organic science and minimal intervention. Our winery and vineyard are certified organic and increasingly our vineyard is integrating regenerative organic viticulture. 

“Good wines are first created in the vineyard with the soil in which they are grown. We want our wines to reflect our efforts to create a dynamic organic biologically living vineyard environment.” David Stannard, Founder

The Paradise Rescued 2030 vision is to be a leading progressive niche organic micro winery. We directly export our wines across the Euro zone, the United Kingdom, Australia and North America. We welcome visitors to our vineyards and winery and look forward to sharing our story with you in person.

Paradise Rescued is a multi award winning winery with three Gold (2014, 2015 and 2017) medals and one Silver (2018) medal for its B1ockOne Bordeaux Cabernet Franc wines. The BlockTwo Bordeaux Merlot Cabernet Franc was awarded a Sliver medal for its 2017 wine. Paradise Rescued is also a two time winner of a Silver Stevie International Business Award.

Come visit us and experience our Mission, Vision and Passion for yourself.

France

Gironde

Paradise Rescued

Merlot Blend

On the edge of Saint-Emilion, a domain dedicated to harmony, where we know how to listen to nature and play on an infinity of notes to create wines that combine power and elegance.

Château La Favière

Cabernet Sauvignon

Sauvignon Blanc Blend

Sémillon Blend

Sémillon

Cabernet Franc Blend

Château Le Grand Verdus, 115 hectares of vineyards, maintains our winery in the heart of the hills of Entre Deux Mers, 20km East of Bordeaux, near Saint-Emilion. Since 1810, the «Le Grix de la Salle» family has owned this superb Renaissance manor, which dates from 1579. Our family has passed the secret of genuine Bordeaux winemaking from generation to generation.
Today, Antoine and Thomas Le Grix de la Salle continue this great heritage.

Château Le Grand Verdus

Sauvignon Blanc

Sweet

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Red Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot Blend

Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cru Bourgeois

Graves & Pessac-Léognan

Sauternes & Sweet Wines

Right Bank - Libournais

Left Bank - Médoc

It was in 1725 that Irishman Thomas Barton settled in Bordeaux to start his company, which is today the city’s oldest winehouse still in activity. His grandson Hugh teamed up with Frenchman Daniel Guestier and in 1802 their partnership became official. From the Chartrons area in the center of Bordeaux, barrels and bottles of fine French appellation wines were loaded on board of ships that sailed via the Garonne river to numerous countries, starting with Ireland, England, Holland and the USA to reach over 130 countries at present. Thomas Jefferson was one of the first customers in the US to enjoy Barton & Guestier wines. B&G's headquarters are based at Chateau Magnol, a famous vineyard producing great wines, and also hosting the company's guesthouse and its wineschool, the B&G Food & Wine Academy. Barton & Guestier practices responsible viticulture, aiming to preserve nature and people for the centuries to come.

Barton & Guestier - Château Magnol

Petit Verdot

Château Bellegrave lies in the south of Pauillac, between Château Latour, Pichon-Longueville and Lynch-Bages.
Formerly the property of the late Mr Armand Roux, the estate was purchased in 1901, by his business partner
and sole heir, Mr H. Van-Der-Voort, a trader in San-Francisco.
It was in 1997 that Mr J.P Meffre, already the owner of Château Du Glana and Château Lalande in Saint-Julien-
Beychevelle, bought it.
Originally from the Comtat Venaissin in the Vaucluse region of south-eastern France, it was in 1954 that
Gabriel MEFFRE, a renowned nurseryman in search of places to sell his plants, discovered the Médoc and
bought several estates in Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac and Saint-Julien.
Today, his grandsons, Ludovic and Julien, run this new estate.
“We are convinced that Pauillac is the promised land for Cabernet-Sauvignon, the ideal spot for its strength
and elegance to express themselves. Our passion for our art drives us on in our search for the most judicious
balance between modern methods and the respect for tradition, to ensure that Bellegrave expresses its potential
to the full.”


Château Bellegrave

Among the most famous properties in the region, the Chatonnet Family vineyards are at the crossroads of the Lalande de Pomerol, Saint-Emilion and Montagne Saint-Emilion appellations, where they grow the best varieties on the right bank: Black Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec.

Château Haut Chaigneau - Vignobles Chatonnet

Bourg & Blaye

My parents are both children of winemakers.  My mother, Isabelle, grew up in Champagne and my father, Michel, in Alsace.  After my father graduated from the University of Bordeaux and became an oenologist in 1978, my parents sought tremendous life experience and moved to Australia. They stayed in the Clare Valley, close to Adelaide, for 6 years, where Michel was in charge of one of Remy Martin’s vineyards.

After this fantastic period, they decided the next step was to launch our own business. The big question was where: Australia? Champagne? Alsace? They ended up in Bordeaux because they had fallen in love with the varied and lovely atmosphere, terroir, and grapes of this remarkable region.

In 1989, they settled in the medieval village of Rions, at the heart of Premières Côtes de Bordeaux. Discovering the availability of high quality and complex soils in still-affordable vineyards, my father immediately imagined the wonderful wines he could make here.

This is the wonderful world I was privileged to grow up in.  After a few years working abroad, winemaking called me back.  I returned to school, studying oenology at Supagro Montpellier. In 2017, I had the pleasure of joining the Château Haut-Rian team; I now manage all day-to-day operations.

For 30 years, thanks to a fabulous small team, we have grown our vines, made our wines, and sold to a thirsty public.

Château Haut-Rian

Its favorably-exposed hills combined with the quality of its 8ha of soils on deep limestone (that gives all its power to the wine) together with gravels on the surface in the southern part of the estate are the main characteristics of the vineyard and contribute to give Château La Croix Lartigue all the arguments to be one of the shining stars of the Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux appellation. 

Maison Kavaklidere was well-advised when they purchased it in 2016 from Stéphane Derenoncourt and his associates Simon Blanchard and Julien Lavenu who had been the tenant farmers until then. 

With an average age of 40 years +, the vineyard, kept in very good condition, is planted at a density of 6 600 vines/ha with 82% merlot and 18% cabernet franc.

Thanks to the expertise of the Derenoncourt Consultants team, the objective is to continue producing wines that reveal the energy and the minerality of the terroir and make Château La Croix Lartigue one of the unquestionable must-haves of the Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux appellation. 

Château La Croix Lartigue

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