HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY PRODUCTS RANGE VINEYARD ARTICLES CONTACT < back Maisons Collection Datasheets Using the strap line “Une Maison de Tradition”, Christophe offers a range of contemporary and innovative wines in collaboration with various local artists. The artists have created works that symbolise each of the wines, using the consistent motif of the 'Maison' or house. Each art work or label reflects something specific to each of the wines. Maisons Couture Classique Clochemerle Beaujolais Nouveau Beaujolais 69 ^ top HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY PRODUCTS RANGE VINEYARD ARTICLES CONTACT History & Philosophy Maison Coquard Images Videos Products Range Maisons Collection Couture Collection Classique Collection Clochemerle Beaujolais Nouveau Articles News Press Vineyard Description Map Contact Address Form Access Facebook Twitter Language Français English 日本 Copyright 2011 - Maison Coquard - Christophe Coquard Design by : www.hypea.fr Facebook

HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY PRODUCTS RANGE VINEYARD ARTICLES CONTACT < back History - Village Collection Datasheets Maisons Couture Classique Clochemerle Beaujolais Nouveau Beaujolais 69 CLOCHEMERLE VILLAGE The real Clochemerle is Vaux-en-Beaujolais, a picture postcard hamlet set among some of the most beautiful vineyards in France. Interestingly, Clochemerle, is the only Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages AOC that can bear the name of its village on the label. A STORY, A NOVEL « CLOCHEMERLE », the novel by Gabriel Chevallier, is based on the village of Vaux- en-Beaujolais, where the author used to spend his holidays. This cosy little village firmly rooted in its terroir at the heart of the Beaujolais-Villages vineyards thus became the center of the literary myth. 1934: The whole of France burst out laughing. In this Rablaisian chronicle, Mayor Barthelemey Piechut organises the erection of a new "pissoir" (a gentlemen's public convenience)in the centre of the small French village of Clochemerle. As soon as it was published in 1934, Clochemerle was a huge success which has never faded since. It is now a classic of comic literature . It has been translated into 17 languages and was made into a TV film by France 3. It has even been adapted into an uproarious BBC television series. Click here to see a video of the Village of Clochemerle and the « pissoir » ^ top HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY PRODUCTS RANGE VINEYARD ARTICLES CONTACT History & Philosophy Maison Coquard Images Videos Products Range Maisons Collection Couture Collection Classique Collection Clochemerle Beaujolais Nouveau Articles News Press Vineyard Description Map Contact Address Form Access Facebook Twitter Language Français English 日本 Copyright 2011 - Maison Coquard - Christophe Coquard Design by : www.hypea.fr Facebook