Author: Dirk Chan
Our online feature this week is the Domaine Ferraton Pere & Fils La Tournée Blanc & Rouge (Rhone Valley, France) – $15.49, regularly $18.99.
The story of Domaine Ferraton Pere & Fils was started in the Rhone Valley in 1946 by Jean Orens Ferraton. His son, Michel runs the show and has extended holdings into the Northern Rhone with Syrah based wines. With the help of the famous Michel Chapoutier, they were certified organic in 1998 and has since moved up to Demeter-certified biodynamic in 2015. With holdings in both North and Southern Rhone, they are committed to respecting nature and the land, being rigorous and precise in its work in order to create the best wines and very affordable ones too.
Our weekly specials this week is their La Tournée Blanc and Rouge. The white is a Vermentino-Viognier blend offering orchard and stone fruit melange while the red is a Syrah-Greanche blend offers raspberry and blackberry fruit with hints of violets and black pepper. La Tournée literally means ‘a tour”, these are wines to share, telling the story a tour from the cafes found along the early morning round of their delivery truck, joining friends for a glass and a laugh. The same convivial places we find today going back on the road for an epic round with this old time truck.
2023 Ferraton Pere & Fils La Tournée Blanc (Rhone Valley, France) – $15.49, regularly $18.99
2021 Ferraton Pere & Fils La Tournée Rouge (Rhone Valley, France) – $15.49, regularly $18.99