{"title":"Les Athlètes du Vin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name came to Fabrice Gendrot as a joke. Looking out the window of his office at a gym across the street, he thought: making wine is really a kind of sport. The idea stuck, and in 2016 Les Athlètes du Vin was born , a négociant project rooted in the Loire Valley and shaped by the Vini Be Good collective of natural winemakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVini Be Good is a network of some of the Loire's most respected producers, and Les Athlètes du Vin is their shared label for a range of approachable, everyday natural wines. Fabrice Gendrot and Francis del Tedesco manage the project today, sourcing grapes from within the network and vinifying them using the same minimal-intervention principles that define each producer's own estate work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/les-athletes-du-vin\"\u003eLes Athlètes du Vin producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pineau-daunis-les-athletes-du-vin-natural-wine","title":"Les Athletes du Vin Pineau d'Aunis 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes Athlètes du Vin Pineau d'Aunis 2024 is a dry red wine produced under the Les Athlètes du Vin label, a négociant project of the Loire Valley winemaker collective Vini Be Good. The wine is made from 100% organically farmed Pineau d'Aunis, sourced from vines between 50 and 120 years old planted on clay and limestone soils in the Touraine appellation. Grapes are hand-harvested and macerated for two weeks in stainless steel before aging for six months in concrete tanks on fine lees. Les Athlètes du Vin Pineau d'Aunis 2024 is bottled at 12% ABV with minimal sulfur additions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Athlètes du Vin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43367358595288,"sku":"ATHLETES-PINEAU","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pineau-daunis-les-athletes-du-vin-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784584561"},{"product_id":"les-athletes-du-vin-touraine-sauvignon","title":"Les Athlètes du Vin Touraine Sauvignon 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes Athlètes du Vin Touraine Sauvignon 2024 is a dry white wine produced under the Les Athlètes du Vin label, the négociant project of the Loire Valley winemaker collective Vini Be Good. Made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, the wine is sourced from 30-year-old vines on sandy-clay soils in the Touraine appellation of the Loire Valley, farmed sustainably and harvested by hand. Vinification is traditional and low-intervention: native yeast fermentation in stainless steel, no oak contact, and bottling with minimal sulfur and light or no filtration. Les Athlètes du Vin Sauvignon 2024 is bottled under AOC Touraine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Athlètes du Vin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51638536405208,"sku":"ATHLETES-SAUVIGNON","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/les-athletes-du-vin-touraine-sauvignon-deslop.png?v=1784590397"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/les-athletes-du-vin.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}