Ad Vinum

Sébastien Châtillon (Ad Vinum) fell into wine on a whim back in 2004, when he was looking for an alternative to his norm running a record label and playing in bands in France's punk music scene. After a short stint working for a large commercial winery producing bag in box wines for Carrefour, he was recommended to the Mosse Family where he worked for four years learning viticulture and winemaking. After his time at Mosse, Séb moved to Paris and landed a job as the sommelier of Le Chateaubriand under chef/owner Inaki Aizpitarte. Two years later he opened La Cave, a very small natural wine shop next to the restaurant where he was selling natural wines produced outside of France.

In 2016, Séb began a négociant project down in the Gard. Three years later, he purchased 3ha of vines planted to Sauvignon, Syrah and Grenache that he farms organically with a focus on regenerative permaculture practices. In the winery, Séb vinifies without the use of sulphites or other additives and without fining or filtration.

Séb's wines are always changing with different blends and labels from vintage to vintage. A lot of the wines are made with a trempouillette method not too dissimilar to the flotation method used by the likes of Daniel Sage and Les Valseuses where whole bunches are sealed in direct press juice. The wines are full of life and energy and possess a spectrum of flavours and colours that we've never seen before. Some are experimental thirst-quenchers while others require time and are fit for special occasions.

Séb’s incredible wines are currently sold out.

Next release later in the year.