Rabelais, the travels of Ronsard, the Loire Castles and François the 1st... Touraine was a land where humanism reigned, perhaps even its birthplace. In any case, at Domaine Charles Joguet, we want to keep the meaning of that word alive. And not just in our hearts but also in the vines. "The harmonisation of the elements, soils, vines and men, form the core around which the domain functions. Keeping the wealth of our humanism alive means being permanently vigilant in the respect of the diversity of cultures, training, expectations and the sensibility of everyone. Some people say that this is a somewhat patriarchal way of functioning. But that's not how we see it. Working the vines demands that each one of us commits to a passion without which the individual would simple miss all things real and natural." These comments were made by the owner of the domain Jacques Genet. But it is not one man that makes a team succeed. But rather the team itself. A gentle transition started fifteen years ago, to replace the emblematic figure of Charles Joguet. "The protection and valorisation of sites, vines and people: this is how humanism is cultivated." [next page...]