Vignoble Alain Ignace Beaumes-de-Venise Le Petit Grain d'Antonin 2017

The estate is located in the Vaucluse department on the Sun Road Rhone Valley. Alain and his wife Nelly, both from the region; one of Beaumes de Venise, Vacqueyras the other, express the taste of the elegance of wines through their land. Small property of 14 hectares which can be present at all stages necessary for the realization of a good wine. Everything here is made to respect the soil. Insecticides and herbicides are prohibited. The fauna and flora are rich and great diversity, guarantee a living soil.

This sweet wine, unique in the Rhone Valley since developed exclusively from small grain Muscat, located on the land of the Massif des Dentelles and honored the papacy table of Avignon in the fourteenth century

Second wine region in France after Bordeaux, the Rhone region is one of the oldest in the country. The vineyard is divided into two zones: the northern Rhone Valley and the southern Rhone valley. Other areas furthest part of the region: Vivarais Luberon, through the Diois. The Bordeaux region can produce red, white and rosé, of all kinds: dry, soft, natural and sparkling. However, the red wines are produced in this region (representing 80% of production). At the heart of the southern area is the Grenache grape that made the red wines "solar". However, the vagaries of climate forcing growers to use the assembly technique to balance their wines. Some additional varieties: Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Carignan. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne, piquepoul, Maccabeo, Marsanne, Vermentino or Picardan. Rosé wines from the same grape varieties as the red wines. In the northern area, for red wines, the syrah grape variety predominates. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. The designations are the Rhone region are numerous: Cote du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone-Villages, communal AOC (Condrieu, lirac, Côte-Rôtie, Chateauneuf du Pape, etc.) and AOC independent (luberon, ventoux, grignan les adhémar ...).