Pinot Noir vines at Irancy, Burgundy
Direct Imports

France

A hundred and thirty growers and houses across eleven regions, found over thirty years of crossing the Atlantic: grower Champagne, Burgundy from village to grand cru, the Rhône and the Loire, and the places in between.

 
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France is where the Direct Import program began and where it is largest. Four buying desks — Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Rhône, Loire and regional France — each keep their own relationships, visit every year, and taste at the cellar before a wine is chosen. The Bordeaux program works differently (futures and négociants rather than a fixed list of estates); its overview is first below.

The producers, by region
Each name is a page.
BordeauxChampagneBurgundyMâconnaisBeaujolaisChablisRhôneLoire ValleyJura, Savoie & BugeyProvence & CorsicaAlsaceLanguedoc & Roussillon
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