Hello, I’m Joanne

In 2018, my partner and I set up home in Espinas, a little village full of life between Montauban, Toulouse and Albi.

It didn’t take me long to fall in love with the local wines - pure wines, authentic wines, biodynamic and natural wines crafted from rare and ancient grape varieties by brilliant and dedicated producers - artisans with between 4 and 20 hectares.

They sent me on a trip, a sort of Southwest wine version of the Arabian nights. Each estate, each wine had a story to tell that led me to another…another grower, another grape variety, another terroir, another way of caring seeing, doing…I was captivated, irresistibly drawn by the taste of the unknown.

I visited vineyards near and far, I went to salons, I sniffed, swirled, sipped, I watched, wondered and read voraciously - and I shared my new found passion with anyone who would listen (special thanks go to Denis for his unrivalled patience).

In 2023, after passing my international wine exams, I opened this little wine shop in a stable beneath our house and started hosting tastings, because there’s so much to discover on our doorstep.

*Joanne holds the WSET 3 in Wines and Franck Thomas Certificate in Intuitive & Geo-sensorial tasting.