Aline Wines

Anjou Noir in California.

Last week Ivan Massonnat, owner of Domaine Belargus, led his first California masterclasses — Tuesday at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica, with Robert Doisneau on the walls; Thursday in the garden at Arlequin W**e Merchant in San Francisco, a relationship that goes back to 2010. Six cuvées in each city, two of them 2018s we have held since Ivan’s first vintage. One grape, six plots, and Ivan on the history, the terroirs and noble rot.

Thank you to everyone who came, and to Peter Peter Fetterman Gallery , Mike Arlequin W**e Merchant and their teams.

𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐔𝐒 🦋

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Anjou Noir in California.

Last week Ivan Massonnat, owner of Domaine Belargus, led his first California masterclasses — Tuesday at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica, with Robert Doisneau on the walls; Thursday in the garden at Arlequin W**e Merchant in San Francisco, a relationship that goes back to 2010. Six cuvées in each city, two of them 2018s we have held since Ivan’s first vintage. One grape, six plots, and Ivan on the history, the terroirs and noble rot.

Thank you to everyone who came, and to Peter Peter Fetterman Gallery, Mike Arlequin W**e Merchant and their teams.

𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐔𝐒 🦋

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Aline W**es turns 20 today — 8.8.26! 🇫🇷
Twenty years curating high craft French w**es for California.
From Healdsburg to San Diego, Paso Robles to Palm Springs.

None of it alone: to our growers who farm this way, and to the restaurants, w**e shops, sommeliers and w**e lovers across California who have carried and shared their w**es. And to the independents behind the scenes — the small businesses who keep a small business standing — thank you.

You are the twenty years.

Here’s to the next chapter — new encounters, memorable bottles, and more to share, protect, and love. 🌱

Santé! 🥂

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W**e is culture.
In France, it’s 2,000 years of w**emaking and human history in every glass! ✨

A throwback to the 2026 Saint-Vincent celebrations in Reims and Hautvillers, Ch*****ne — a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Vincent — protector of the vines, w**egrowers and the harvest.

🍷 Why Saint Vincent’s Day matters in France
It is a powerful symbol of French w**emaking identity, community, conviviality, solidarity, and gratitude for the land and the vignerons who work and tend to their terroir with devotion and pride.

It traditionally marks the symbolic start of the w**e-growing year and reflects the deep bond between culture, faith, and terroir.

Each January, confréries (local w**e fraternal organizations), processions, masses, and Ch*****ne tastings bring communities together to celebrate with joy & pride their labor of love and love of labor!

🍾 Saint-Vincent in Ch*****ne
Led by the Archiconfrérie Saint-Vincent des Vignerons de la Ch*****ne (since the 1930s), this annual celebration unites villages and Ch*****ne houses across the region. *****ne

📍 Grand Celebration
Each January, a major Ch*****ne town hosts the festivities.
2026: Reims, January 17.

· ⛪︎Traditions include
Solemn masses - usually in a cathedral or parish church, to give thanks for the past harvest and invoke protection for the upcoming year’s vineyard work,

· Folkloric processions, confrérie (w**e fraternal organizations), banners, traditional costumes, and the blessing of w**e — followed by shared meals, brioche, and Ch*****ne tastings.

🥂 Local village celebrations
Across Ch*****ne, villages honor Saint Vincent in their own way — including Hautvillers, celebrated here by Ch*****ne Marion-Bosser *****ne_marionbosser at their boutique and local Chef-driven bistro, Clotaire.

Conviviality, love of terroir, and heritage — alive even in the heart of winter ❄️✨🍇🥂🇫🇷🍷✨🍾❄️

Madame Minette has taken her leave at the age of 20

She entered our lives by pure serendipity. We rescued her when she was over one year old. For 19 years, she was our life companion with a tremenduous life force!

Dignified, elegant, loyal, honest, valiant and determined to live by her terms until the last moment.
A presence, a curiosity, a stubborn character who always stayed the course

Some of you have met her, she was part of our Aline W**es family.
Always of incredible support and attention whether it be for a photo shoot, long office evenings, tastings, dinners, receptions and w**e sample receptions!

She was a socialite! She LOVED meeting people, parties, especially dinner parties.
Nobody could put Minette in a corner! She always made sure she had a seat at the table - period!

We are heartbroken, in bereavement as we face a huge hole in the fabric and textures of our daily lives and rituals.

Now leaning on and treasuring all the memories.
Finding comfort and courage in knowing she was never defeated, knew her worth, stayed true to her truth and freedom of spirit through the end.

RIP beautiful Minette with all our gratitude and love ❤️

Today we celebrate Mother’s day🌷 by honoring and raising a glass to this incredible mother-daughter team *****ne_marionbosser: Bernadette & Elodie! 💕Compassionate and passionate, attentive and intelligent, talented and spunky 🥰🙏💥

Grateful for all you embody, for having you in our lives and your high craft champages at our tables;)! 🥂 🍾

Following in the footsteps of the four generations of women who preceded her in their native village of Hautvillers (Vallée de la Marne), Elodie farms with strong organic practices three hectares of her own old-vine premier cru Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards there. In addition, she sources Chardonnay from grand-cru vineyards in Oger, Vertus and Ambonnay. Having trained in Burgundy under Henri Boillot and Patrick Piuze has taught her how to make great w**es with a meticulous attention to detail. Focusing on freshness and elegance, her w**es exhibit a fine complexity, lively mousse, regal structure, and persistent palate…much like their maker.

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Well deserved team - humble, dedicated, resilient stewards of Mother Nature !🙏🌱 🍇😉👏🌱🍇
Congrats on getting front cover recognition from a major French publication! 💥

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Grateful and honored to represent w**es from iconic vineyards and rare terroirs in Burgundy! 🙏💎 🍇
Such a joy to be partnering with Maison Marchand-Tawse and to offer a gateway to vibrant and elegant grands crus and premiers crus Burgundy w**es in California ✨

Thrilled and honored to celebrate the release of New York Times bestselling author Ruth Reichl new book “The Paris Novel” with a French classic and divine pairing of Oysters & Chablis! ✨ Santé! 🥂

We will be pouring chiseled and textural Chablis from in partnership with
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will be hosting this event and providing the oysters. 🦪🥂

Join us Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: Alder & Sage, Long Beach 

After, head over to  across the street for a reading and discussion with Ruth Reichl and get your copy signed! 📖

(Please Note: Tasting and signing are two separate events. Head to link in bio for tasting tickets and  for book signing tickets.) 

Partnerships that stand the test of time. It’s been a joy representing@marchand_tawse in California since 2010. Meet the team who crafts some of our most sought after Burgundy w**es! **es 🍷