Philippe and Melanie Dugois farm 10.3 hectares at Les Arsures with Haute Valeur Environnementale certification since 2013, and the estate gives the 2019 vintage as its first harvest in conversion to organic.
Tip: Open Monday to Friday 10h to 12h and 14h to 18h, Saturday by appointment, closed Sundays and public holidays. Trousseau is the reason to come.
Address: 4 rue de la Mirode, 39600 Les Arsures, France, Jura
Evelyne and Pascal Clairet have made wine at 5 Petite Place in Arbois since 1991, farming organically under Ecocert and describing their wines as made without additives and without buying in fruit.
Tip: The Bistrot de la Tournelle opened in the estate's garden by the Cuisance in 2006 and is the place to drink the wines rather than just taste them. Ring 03 84 66 25 76 for the season's days.
Founded in 1953 by Roger Martin and now 34 hectares at Arbois. The estate converted all its surfaces to organic farming in 1999 and started biodynamics in 2009, and appears on the Biodyvin member list.
Tip: The estate address is on the RN83 but the shop is in town at 8 rue de l'Hotel de Ville, open Tuesday to Saturday 10h to 12h30 and 14h30 to 19h. Go to the shop unless you have booked the cellar.
Jean-Claude, Annie and Valentin Credoz work nine hectares from the cliff village. The estate describes itself as en conversion bio, so the certified label is not there yet and the bottles say so.
Tip: Conversion takes three years in France, so ask at the cellar which cuvees are already through it. The Cotes du Jura Blanc Vieilles Vignes is already labelled BIO on the estate's own list.
Evelyne and Pascal Clairet have made wine at 5 Petite Place in Arbois since 1991, farming organically under Ecocert and describing their wines as made without additives and without buying in fruit.
Tip: The Bistrot de la Tournelle opened in the estate's garden by the Cuisance in 2006 and is the place to drink the wines rather than just taste them. Ring 03 84 66 25 76 for the season's days.
The Poligny estate bottles an organic Poulsard with no added sulphur, listed at 18.90 euros for the 2023. It is the most easily bought zero-sulphur bottle in the vineyard.
Tip: Ask for it chilled and keep it that way. Buy it on a day you are driving home rather than at the start of a week in the car.
A Sud Revermont estate carrying both the Demeter and the AB organic marks. The family says it has farmed biodynamically since 1991, when the seventh generation took over, and an eighth joined in 2022.
Tip: The cellar is called the Cellier des Chartreux because Carthusian monks worked these slopes in the 13th century and the family bought the holding in 1794. Open Monday to Friday 14h to 18h30 and Saturday 9h30 to 12h.
Founded in 1953 by Roger Martin and now 34 hectares at Arbois. The estate converted all its surfaces to organic farming in 1999 and started biodynamics in 2009, and appears on the Biodyvin member list.
Tip: The estate address is on the RN83 but the shop is in town at 8 rue de l'Hotel de Ville, open Tuesday to Saturday 10h to 12h30 and 14h30 to 19h. Go to the shop unless you have booked the cellar.
Guillaume d'Angerville's Jura estate, started in 2012 at Montigny-les-Arsures. Biodyvin lists it among its members, alongside Domaine Tissot in the same village and La Pinte at Arbois.
Tip: Three of the four Biodyvin estates in France's Jura section sit within a few kilometres of Arbois, so a biodynamic day here needs almost no driving.
