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Hautes-Pyrénées.
Madiran: the force of the foothills.

The Madiran and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh hillsides tell a story of mountains, mixed farming and wine traditions along the Pyrenean foothills.

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Terroir journey

Bigorre and the foothills

The Madiran and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh hillsides tell a story of mountains, mixed farming and wine traditions along the Pyrenean foothills.

MadiranPacherenc du Vic-BilhTannatPiémont pyrénéen

Terroir & identity

The story behind the landscape.

Madiran is associated with tannat reds, while Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh adds dry and sweet whites. The appellation areas cross departmental boundaries and must be presented accurately.

Our ambition is to reveal the person, place and creative work behind wine—not merely list appellations.

Stories worth documenting

Wine and mixed farming have long shaped this foothill region.

The artists and their works

Madiran hills, tannat, family estates and mountain culture.

We aim to present growers and their wines, with consent, through portraits and stories. This editorial introduction does not claim any producer as an official partner.

The WINE ELSE? manifesto

The cuvée is the work. The winemaker is the artist.

We don't sell wine; we give its story a stage. Each Occitanie terroir deserves a truthful, distinctive account.

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