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We import excellent value, artisanally produced French wines from independent family winemakers.

Usually, when you see the words “fine wine” and France, it means expensive wines from Bordeaux or Burgundy.  But great hand-crafted wine can be found at affordable prices if one spends the time to look off the beaten track.    Our wines come from villages that you may never have heard of such as Mercurey, La Liviniere, Saint Andelain and Saint Christophe des Bardes.

I’m Greg Roberts and over the last three years I have traveled extensively throughout France’s wine producing regions to source these wines myself.  The wines I’ve selected are not wines that you will find at your local supermarket or liquor store.  Instead, I’ve chosen artisanal, small production wines, most of which are exclusive selections of Roberts Fine Wines.  Thanks to our business partners, we are able to offer these wines at great prices by importing them ourselves and selling them directly to you.

What is Artisanal Wine?

Artisanal wines come from small, often family-owned estates that are focused on crafting high-quality wine based on the traditions of their regions.  Most of our suppliers have less than 20 hectares or 50 acres of vines and prune those vines for low yields ensuring for better quality fruit but ultimately less wine to sell.  They also usually produce their wines from vines grown with little or no chemical treatments or fertilizers, and in most cases tend to their vines by hand at all stages of the growing and harvesting process.   However, given the demands of the small operations, these artisanal producers have little time to market and promote their wines.

In contrast, much of the affordable wine readily available in the American market is produced by big, corporate-owned wineries.  And have no doubt, wine is big business in France.  Because many of these wineries must produce the same quantity and quality of wine year after year, despite variations in each growing season, many of these wineries regularly use chemical treatments and pesticides and commercial, instead of natural, yeasts.  These shortcuts may produce volume, but they also result in thinner, less complex wines.  Added to this, big wineries must pay for all their marketing and brand building, all of which goes into the price you pay for a bottle.

How I Select Wines:

Our wines are carefully chosen to ensure they have great flavor at a fair price.  They are not chosen by one rigid set criteria or winemaking techniques but based on finding producers who share our philosophy and passion for great wine.  I travel throughout France looking, tasting and asking questions.  When I visit a potential winery partner, I speak with the owners and winemakers to fully understand their processes and commitment to quality.  Rather than make a hasty decision in a cold cellar after sampling scores of wines, I bring bottles home to try with different foods and with friends in a relaxed atmosphere.  (Research!)  The wines that we are offering are the result of this process and you can look forward to a steady flow of new wine discoveries every year.