The families of Bordeaux Families take care of the land, which in turn will take care of them. Each viticultural initiative strengthens the bond between the winemakers and their land, with the utmost respect. Behind the certifications, labels, and accreditations demonstrating Bordeaux Families’ commitment to a genuine ecological transition, lies a deep recognition and attachment to the vine, the land that supports them, and above all, the families themselves.
This is a voluntary commitment that places quality at the center of our organization, management, production, and marketing of our products.
This commitment allows for continuous improvement of each entity’s performance within our cellar and ensures the traceability of our wines.
With 1,500 hectares cultivated under the Terra Vitis certification, we equally rely on the three pillars of sustainable development: environmental, social, and economic.
Field observation, experience sharing, and mutual assistance are the strengths of the Terra Vitis network.
By systematically favoring alternative techniques to the use of chemical products, we are obtaining this certification for over 2,000 hectares of our land.
The long-term goal is to achieve 100% HVE3 certification by 2027. This highest level guarantees our control over numerous environmental parameters such as biodiversity and regulated use of phytosanitary products.
Protecting our vines without resorting to products classified as “carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic” is technically feasible.
Whether it’s phytosanitary products with proven risks to humans (CMR1) or those with suspected but unproven risks (CMR2), we are committed to excluding them from our practices to protect our vines, members, neighbors, and the environment in general.
(Economic and Environmental Interest Group)
Thirteen member winemakers develop agroecological practices over 400 hectares and serve as liaisons to the 300 families affiliated with Bordeaux Families (totaling 5,000 hectares).
The “Bee GIEE’s”: Guardians of Fauna and Flora
Thirteen member winemakers of Bordeaux Families have come together under the name “Bee GIEE’s” with the goal of promoting biodiversity and landscapes within their vineyard plots by planning viticultural practices that have minimal impact on fauna and flora.
Their “Bee Plan” aligns with this dynamic. The Bee GIEE’s have already planted hedges with local, diverse, melliferous species around the vineyards; sown flowering fallows and green manures (fava beans, mustard, clover, cereals…) between vine rows; and established a pollen measurement protocol to identify the floral and shrub varieties that bees forage in our environments.
They are now equipped with about fifty hives with swarms; a honey house is installed in the former oenological laboratory, and the Bee GIEE’s honey is harvested and sold in our stores.
