{"id":993763,"date":"2022-11-22T16:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/?page_id=993763"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:36:38","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"993763\" class=\"elementor elementor-993763 elementor-987730\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44f5b12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44f5b12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38c701ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"38c701ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74a4fc3c\" data-id=\"74a4fc3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4d659b e-transform elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4b4d659b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_transform_rotateZ_effect\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":-90,\"sizes\":[]},\"_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet\":{\"unit\":\"deg\",\"size\":\"\",\"sizes\":[]},\"_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile\":{\"unit\":\"deg\",\"size\":\"\",\"sizes\":[]}}' data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-bc78e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc78e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Since 1936 &hellip;<\/h2><p>The story of the Gabriel Meffre Winery began in 1936, when Gabriel and his wife Juliette, both passionate about wine, created their &lsquo;N&eacute;gociant-Vinificateur&rsquo; business in Gigondas.<\/p><p>More than 80 years later, the family business has built on its strong foundations and has established its reputation as a leading Winery in the southern Rhone Valley with a complementary know-how of &lsquo;N&eacute;gociant-Eleveur&rsquo; and Producer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7588d32 gm-image-txt-shadow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7588d32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b41ac18 e-con-full img-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b41ac18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-4ae9685e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ae9685e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/notre-histoire-1936-1990-630x495.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-image-992341\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/notre-histoire-1936-1990-630x495.jpg 630w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/notre-histoire-1936-1990-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/notre-histoire-1936-1990-64x50.jpg 64w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/notre-histoire-1936-1990.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc5c303 e-con-full txt-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1dc5c303\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dc6c9b6 txt-container-inner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4dc6c9b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8711e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8711e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gabriel Meffre, a visionary entrepreneur<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-458d848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"458d848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>n 1936, Gabriel Meffre<\/strong> (1908-1987), a wine merchant and winemaker, acquired his <strong>first parcel of vines in the Gigondas appellation with his wife and set up Maison Gabriel Meffre<\/strong>. Gabriel Meffre understood very early on the need to create a commercial structure to sell the fruit of his production, and success followed.<\/p><p>Until the early 1980s, Gabriel Meffre invested in the vineyards of the Rh&ocirc;ne Valley and Provence. With <strong>800 hectares of vineyards<\/strong>, he gradually became France&rsquo;s leading producer of AOC vines. The company vinifies and markets the Domaines Meffre wines. The famous Gabriel Meffre-branded lorries criss-cross the roads of France, supplying retailers throughout the country and as far afield as Switzerland.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2538ea21 gm-txt-image-shadow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2538ea21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275e3354 e-con-full txt-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"275e3354\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-344fa57c txt-container-inner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"344fa57c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b46c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b46c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And Gabriel Meffre created the Plan de Dieu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-52805f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52805f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Gabriel Meffre grew up near the Plan de Dieu<\/strong>, a sun-drenched stony plain that had been left fallow for a long time&hellip; He was convinced that great wines could be produced here.<\/p><p><strong>In the 1950s, he bought a few hectares of this tough land<\/strong> that had been mined during the war. Gabriel set about the titanic task of clearing the land of mines and working the soil. After an enormous effort, the first vines were planted!<\/p><p><strong>Success was not long in coming<\/strong>. <a title=\"test\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Vintage<\/a> after <a title=\"test\" class=\"encyclopedia\">vintage<\/a>, the exceptional quality of this <a title=\"A combination of soil, climate and man's work. Terroir feeds the vines and is the &quot;signature&quot; of a wine.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">terroir<\/a> was confirmed and other winegrowers began to settle in. <strong>Official recognition came in 2005 with the classification of Plan de Dieu as a C&ocirc;tes-du-Rh&ocirc;ne-Villages PDO.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fcfc639 e-con-full img-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fcfc639\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-7e27e8e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e27e8e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_GM_creation_PDD-1-630x420.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-image-1000987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_GM_creation_PDD-1-630x420.png 630w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_GM_creation_PDD-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_GM_creation_PDD-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_GM_creation_PDD-1-64x43.png 64w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_GM_creation_PDD-1.png 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2678bf59 gm-image-txt-shadow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2678bf59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0cdc54 e-con-full img-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e0cdc54\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-57943b44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57943b44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_renouer_origines-1-630x427.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-image-1000985\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_renouer_origines-1-630x427.png 630w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_renouer_origines-1-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_renouer_origines-1-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_renouer_origines-1-64x43.png 64w, https:\/\/gabriel-meffre.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HISTOIRE_renouer_origines-1.png 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5efb9bf0 e-con-full txt-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5efb9bf0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5079b442 txt-container-inner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5079b442\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-642f6cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"642f6cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reconnecting with our roots<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-74b0d512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b0d512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>After the death of the founder in 1987<\/strong>, his 3 children, Jack, Christian &amp; Sylvette, decided to refocus on the estates and sold the company.<\/p><p>During the 90s, Gabriel Meffre continued its activities as a negociant and expanded its export business.<\/p><p><strong>In 1999<\/strong>, wishing to return to our origins as winegrowers in Gigondas, La Maison Gabriel Meffre became the <strong>owner of Domaine de Longue Toque in Gigondas (27ha).<\/strong> Our vineyard is managed according to the principles of <a title=\"A production method combining the principles of reasoned and organic viticulture. A vineyard functioning in integrated production will seek to develop alternative techniques to pesticides and other chemical treatments as much as possible. However, these products may be used in cases where no other treatment will preserve the plants. The decision to adopt the integrated viticulture method is often a first step towards organic viticulture.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">integrated viticulture<\/a>, aimed at significantly reducing the use of phytosanitary products and limiting our impact on the environment.<\/p><p><strong>In 2001<\/strong>, Domaine de Longue Toque was awarded the <strong>Terra Vitis label<\/strong> (Viticulture Raisonn&eacute;e) for the first time, and this has been renewed every year since.<\/p><p><strong>In spring 2017<\/strong>, the Domaine began its <strong>conversion to organic farming<\/strong>.&nbsp; This approach is part of a profound desire to promote <a title=\"Biodiversity is the term used to describe the variety and diversity of the living world. Preserving biodiversity means working to maintain or reintegrate a wide variety of living species into a given area, to ensure its equilibrium.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">biodiversity<\/a> while respecting the natural resources that make our environment unique.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3f062e gm-txt-image-shadow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c3f062e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a41684f e-con-full txt-container e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a41684f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68908caf txt-container-inner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68908caf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a968bb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a968bb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winegrowers and Creators<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-4beacea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4beacea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This painstaking work in the vineyards demonstrates our commitment to preserving the soil and the environment, while laying the foundations for the selection of exceptional parcels at the heart of our estate.<\/p><p><strong>Throughout 2000<\/strong>, a meticulous study of the soils enabled us to draw up a detailed map of our parcels and understand their full richness. These exceptional plots, which vary in age, exposure and soil type, offer unrivalled diversity to create wines that reflect the nuances of our terroirs. Vines grown under the Vacqueyras, Plan de Dieu and Cairanne PDOs complete this mosaic of exceptional terroirs around the Dentelles de Montmirail.<\/p><p><strong>As winemakers and creators, we are committed to creating wines that offer pleasure and inspire sharing. 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