Du Vin aux Liens

Vanessa Letort

Alsace & Loire, France

Vanessa Letort dived into the world of wine in 2014. Since then, a series of remarkable encounters have led her to eventually create Du Vin aux Liens. One of them was starting up Les vins Pirouettes together with Christian binner and his partners, which she was a part of until the end of 2019.

Du Vin aux Liens is a négoce, focused on the Alsace and the Loire. Vanessa works with passionate and engaged farmers from those regions who all farm organically or following biodynamic principles, allowing no chemicals in the vineyards. She participates in the process of vinification, where she has her say. She really sees the vignerons as her partners:

“I am very aware of the work it takes to care for a vine, the daily commitment of each one of these vignerons, the risks that are taken by making wine without a filter. Through Du Vin aux Liens I can value their work, make people familiar with their wines, make conversations about them and shine a light on them, which is something I care deeply about.”

Through Du Vin aux Liens Vanessa can also release cuvées of her own. She used to operate from the cellar of Claude Straub, in his Domaine in Bleinschwiller, Alsace. Now she works from the cellar of Farid Yahimi of Sons of Wine in Beblenheim, also in the Alsace. Together with Farid, Vanessa makes cidres from the apples from the orchards of her family in Brittany and they started their new project: Domaine de la Légèreté in Lorraine.

All the wines from Du Vin aux Liens are fermented spontaneously, using only indigenouw yeasts. No, or as little additives as possible are used in the proces of making the wine.

The wines are some of the best price quality that we’ve ever found, being super natural, stable and aged before released and always so full of energy and fruit. We love them. This is also why we’ve helped her and Farid with the harvest a couple of times. Not to forget we also made our wine together, Acapulco which is now back in stock!