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Cosmoculture 137 images Created 27 Jul 2010

Alain Viret est sourcier radiesthésiste.
Son fils Philippe est oenologue. A eux deux ils ont créé un concept basé sur des techniques ancestrales.
Ils utilisent la polarité de la Terre et les énergies cosmiques afin de faire un vin vierge de tout produit chimique.
Grâce a son savoir, Alain a repéré les courants telluriques parcourant leur domaine et y a implanté des menhirs afin d'utiliser au mieux les énergies de la Terre.
Ils cultivent leurs vignes dans le même esprit que les anciens Mayas.
Leur histoire est comme le roman français "Manon des Sources".
Ils savaient qu'il y avait de l'eau, mais sans réussir a la trouver précisément. Les agriculteurs voisins les raillaient.
Maintenant, ils produisent un vin extraordinaire, sans sulfates, sans additifs et certaines de leurs vinification sont faites dans des amphores.
Et là, les paysans locaux ne rient plus du tout.
Et Philippe refuse toujours catégoriquement d'endosser le rôle d'Ugolin....

In the south of France are winemakers who use the cosmic energy to make wine.
The vines are on Roman ruins, in the exact area were the ancient baths. They use the polarity of the Earth, cosmic energies and they planted menhirs for polarize the ground.
They cultivate their vineyards with respect to the ground, in the same spirit as the ancient Maya.
Their history is like the french novel "Manon des sources".
They knew there was water, but the neighboring farmers laughed at them.
Now, they produce an extraordinary wine, without sulfite, without chemical additives and some of their wine making is made in amphoras.

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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture001.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture002.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture003.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture004.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture005.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture006.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture007.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture008.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture009.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture010.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture011.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture012.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture013.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture014.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture015.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture016.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER,1: Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
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Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER,1: Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture019.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER,1: Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture020.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture021.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture022.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture023.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture024.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture025.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture027.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture028.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture030.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture031.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture032.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture033.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture036.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
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Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture044.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture059.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
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Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture060.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture061 1.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture061.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture062 1.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture062.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture063 1.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture063.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture064 1.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture064.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture065.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture066.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture067.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture068.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture071.jpg
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture072.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture073.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture074.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture075.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture076.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture077.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture078.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture079.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture080.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture081.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture082.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture083.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture084.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - Cultivating the celestial.<br />
<br />
This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture085.jpg
  • ST MAURICE SUR EYGUES, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER,1: Cultivating the celestial.<br />
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This Southern Rhone vineyard has a unique approach to wine making.  Alain and Philippe Viret - father  and son  - have developed a system they call cosmoculture. Beyond being organic and even biodynamic, the cosmoculture is  amazing: the vineyard is studded with menhirs and "planetary beacons" in order to connect with celestial and earthly energies. It embraces Maya and Inca agricultural and spiritual concepts. <br />
 Alain and Philippe Viret have called their winery "La Cathédrale du Vin" <br />
The massive granite blocks used for construction are sized according to the Royal Cubit (~524 mm) and the shape of the cathedral conforms to the Golden Section. <br />
It has 13 symbolic columns, a water source at its heart, and uses 1,000 huge blocks of the same limestone used by the Romans to build the Pont du Gard, without mortar. It is built with the golden mean.<br />
With these fountains, crystals, amphorae and much more, it is one of the world's weirdest wineries.<br />
<br />
The Viret's Domaine eschews the use of chemicals in its wines, and believes the vines benefit from the patches of olives, apricots, quince and scrubland dotted around its 30 hectares. "Herbs such as lavender are natural antiseptics, so respecting our environment benefits the land's microbiology," says Philippe Viret. "Preventative rather than corrective winemaking; keeping the soils, vines and wines into a healthy state," is how the younger Viret characterises his approach.<br />
<br />
Alain and Philippe Viret are part of the vignerons rebelles movement in France, a loose grouping of producers dissatisfied with what they see as the stagnation and complacency of French viticulture.
    Cosmoculture086.jpg
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