Into the Forez with Les Rêves Oubliés

Nadia Beaune and Maxime Gros are putting the Forez on the map with high-altitude gamay and Seibel 5455, working in the lineage of mentors like Christian Ducroux and Michel Guignier.

Nadia Beaune and Maxime Gros at Bojalien in Arbois, July 2021.

The 2010s have seen a micro land-rush occur amongst plucky young outsiders seeking rare scraps of vines in Auvergne, where even established vignerons have difficulty securing vineyards in the face of steep resistance among locals to sell land. Young Auvergne natives Nadia Beaune and Maxime Gr…