The Clos les Ramiers winery is located in the picturesque village of Gotem, in Borgloon, in the centre of the Hesbaye region. Carole Vandionant runs the estate. Carole grew up with fruit and became an entrepreneur in arboriculture. In 2001, she took over the family business and gradually replaced some of the orchards with vineyards.…
Besides his small plot of “Vin des Ronces”, Jean-Sébastien Brisbois has decided to shift up a gear and plans to plant 5 to 15 hectares in 2023 and 2024. In preparation, in collaboration with Fabien Marra, he has established a small experimental plot with some 20 varieties, including the new resistant varieties from the Italian…
Founded in 2021 by Rik Froyen and Jos Mechelmans as part of the city of Genk’s participatory budget projects, MineWine vzw aims to help people in the social economy gain knowledge about viticulture so they can become “wine workers”. Between 1 May and 14 June 2022, the association and some 20 volunteers planted three plots…
Located on a former plot of vineyard of the Grands-Malades leprosarium in Huy, which operated a vineyard of more than 5 hectares between 980 and 1616, the Clos Bois Marie was replanted in the 1960s by Charles Legot. This makes it the oldest vineyard still in operation in Wallonia. When he passed away, a trio…
Jeroen Houben learned to make wine from his father. Although he has 1ha of vineyards planted near his home, he mainly buys grapes from local vintners or makes his own wine. His Winery could be described as a private cooperative: the company invests in equipment and provides winemaking advice to entrepreneurs: mainly fruit growers who…
Little known to the general public, Ben Stassen is nevertheless the Belgian director whose animated films have had the most success at home and abroad (Sammy’s extraordinary journey, Robinson Crusoe, Bigfoot Junior, Royal Corgi…). But it was at his cousin’s suggestion that he embarked on the winemaking adventure in the heart of the Herve region…
Viticulture is the passion of Dr Ghislain Houben, professor of applied economics at the university. He started planting his first vines in 2002 on family land. His son Jeroen joined him and started his own winery, Jerom’s Winery. His wines are sold at Carrefour. His diversity of grape varieties has led Ghislain to experiment with…
Domaine Bellum Fagetum, which overlooks the Ourthe and Vesdre valleys in the Beaufays along the Ravel, was founded in 2021 by Judith Michel and her partner Geoffrey Prinsens, who set up a cooperative to help them finance and manage the project. It has about 400 cooperators who meet at least every two months. It has…
Under the motto “We Rebel Like Hell”, Wine Estate Helshoven has been making its wines in collaboration with Jerom Winery since 2017 and offers many unconventional references. Think about non-degorging according to the Method Rebelle, sparkling wines, wines aged in oak, cherry or granite wood barrels, wines fermented with Brettanomyces yeast (lambic yeast), blends based…
Xavier Regout, head of the company Profructis, has been working in arboriculture for more than 30 years. In 2021, to diversify his activities, he and Nicolas Hagesleteen will plant 0.15 hectares of Cabaret noir vines in his garden, and 2 hectares the following year. Their goal: to produce red wines (Garanoir and Cabaret noir). At…
Located in the heart of the Hesbaye region, not far from Sint-Truiden, the Gloire de Duras wine estate is a real family project that Peter Nijskens runs with his wife Hilde and three children (Laura, Gert-Jan and Isaline). In 2015, he decided to start a winegrowing business, in addition to his job as a fruitgrower.…
Marc Dewilde’s vineyard in Wanze was planted in 2004 on the site of a former priory and the owner undertakes to produce his wines without products and “without problems”. This is a non-commercial activity and the wines can be tasted and bought during visits organised every second Sunday of the month from June to September.…