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Beaucastel & Famille Perrin

A collection of 18 posts

On the Road: a Rhone Pilgrimage

By Darren Delmore I had the distinct pleasure of tagging along last week on a trade visit to the Perrin family's holdings in the Rhone Valley. Our odyssey began with our thirsty quintet of wine professionals packed into an undersized rental car like foie gras terrine as we

A first timer's visit to Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Château de Beaucastel

By: Lauren Cross I arrived in Paris with two bags. One small bag was full of camera equipment. A second large suitcase held a few clothes and lots of packaging material. I had come with the intention of taking France home with me to California, bottle by bottle and image

Congratulations to Jean-Pierre and Francois Perrin, Decanter's 2014 Men of the Year

By Robert Haas Congratulations to Jean-Pierre and François Perrin, "Men of the Year" in the current issue of the venerable English wine magazine Decanter. I cannot think of any French wine family with better credentials. We love them. My first encounter with the Perrin family was with

A great dinner, an amazing restaurant, and a wine that marks the beginning of Tablas Creek

A great dinner, an amazing restaurant, and a wine that marks the beginning of Tablas Creek

If you are familiar with Bern's Steakhouse, you know it's Mecca for wine lovers. In 2012, at Bern's for a wine dinner with Cesar Perrin, we somehow uncovered the first-ever Haas-Perrin collaboration, from 1967.

A family stay in Vinsobres

By Robert Haas Where? Well, Vinsobres is in the Drôme, the next département north of the Vaucluse: kind of the northern limit of the southern Vallée du Rhône. We were in the outskirts of Les Cornuds, a village -- patelin, if you will -- of about four houses just east of Vinsobres.

Chronicling a Year in the Southern Rhone

In January I had the pleasure of sitting in on Marc Perrin's presentation of the wines of Beaucastel, Domaines Perrin, and La Vieille Ferme to the Vineyard Brands sales team at their annual sales meeting. (I followed with a presentation of Tablas Creek). The wines were beautiful, and

Family Business: Generations

This essay is the next in an occasional series of articles by Robert Haas. In my career as a wine buyer, I have been fortunate to find models to admire and mentors willing to share their knowledge and experience in the business of producing fine wine. One such was Jacques

Visit to Beaucastel

In early November, the troupe of Haases rented a house in Vaison la Romaine, in the Southern Rhone about 30 minutes north-east of Avignon and 20 minutes south of Nyons. While there, we had the chance to introduce Eli (the newest Haas) to Beaucastel, including (of course) the famous