Domaine Of The Bee | “Four Hectares of Nectar”

Hello and Welcome to Domaine of the Bee - the tiny winemaking project of Justin Howard-Sneyd MW in France's hotly-tipped Roussillon region.

We love to champion big reds - it is the style we love and the style we make, and we are unashamed enjoyers of full-throttle, turbo-charged Grenache. We are aquiring more fans and our mailing list is growing by the day. If you are new to our world - welcome.... do please "Sign up" (on the right) and leave us your details, so that we can keep you up-to-date with what we are up to.

The 2013 harvest was safely gathered in (very late) by the end of October, and a few preliminary pics have been posted to our facebook page - click HERE

For a slightly philosphical take on this year's harvest, have a look at Justin's blog entry HERE

Justin, Amanda and Philippe

Latest News

We announce 'Bee-o-dynamics'

As reported in today's Harpers Wine and Spirit

Bees could help speed up the ageing of wine finds new research

Two of England’s high profile Masters of Wine have announced a radical new method of accelerating the ageing of wine – with the help of a hive of bees.

It has been known for a long time that beehives maintain an extremely well-regulated temperature even in the harshest of winters, but it is only beginning to be appreciated that the constant vibration of thousands of pairs of wings has a mellowing effect on wine that is stored inside a beehive.

In a ground-breaking experiment, bee-keeper and label designer Neil Tully MW worked with winemaker Justin Howard-Sneyd MW to...