The Savoie Mont-Blanc Countryside
Alpes Flaveurs has been developed on the site of Savoie Mont Blancs Alpes, thanks to its incomparable natural environment, its amazing history, its legendary places and its delicious local quality food specialities and excellent wines which all go to make the Savoie Mont Blanc Alpes a favourite destination for lovers of oenology in all its forms.
Here you will find lakes, mountains and vineyards that will thrill all your senses and where you will be able to spend very special and unforgettable moments |
Wines in Savoy at the present time
In the Alps, the age old vineyards that cover the foothills of the spectacular mountain ranges are producing rare wines which are now considered to be amongst the best in France. In respect of the surface of the vineyards Savoy holds the French record for the number of grape varieties (25) and Crus (21) i. Twelve of our grape varieties are unique to Savoy which produces all types of wine and became the 8th Cremant from France in 2014.
In 2000 the world Sommelier Convention took place in Savoy as well as the national graduate oenologist congress in 2006. In 2008, my good friends and partners Philippe and Jean Pierre Some Savoy wine growers were voted as being among the best wine producers in France by some prestigious wine guides. The 25 wine tasters of the famous American wine guide Parker have referenced the Savoy wines... Their comment was “one of the best value for money in the world” In 2021, a Savoy Chardonnay wine was elected best Chardonnay in the world, and a Chignin-Bergeron wine was ranked in the Top 10 of the best white wines in the world. Savoy is also the number one region in France for producing grafted vine plants of the highest quality. |