During their visit to France, the King of England and his wife made a short stop in Bordeaux, in Gironde, Friday September 22, 2023. That day, they visited Noémie Tanneau, a winegrower who lives in the beautiful in the middle of her vines, a property that she bought in 2020. “I had to fight to continue the activity with my two employees. I really started from scratch with no clients.”explained the winegrower to journalists from Parisian Saturday October 21, 2023. The young woman explained that she ships a case of twelve bottles per week. Since the arrival of Charles III and Camilla, orders for the La Source vintage have exploded. “I have always believed in my star, even if I had not imagined for a single second that a king would taste my first vintage and speak highly of it,” Noémie Tanneau exclaimed to our colleagues.
“My destiny might have been different”
“I thank King Charles for going through this, it’s a great breath of fresh air, I’m aware of that. Without him, my destiny would perhaps have been different, even if everything still needs to be done”, explained the winemaker. The owner of the Gironde vineyard has just finished her 2023 harvest, and is preparing to tour France’s wine fairs to promote her wine, whose label is recognizable thanks to the drawing of a little fox, its emblem. . She, who used social networks to invite people to taste her wine, now faces “another dimension” what “did not imagine”. Since this event, Noémie Tanneau has “can’t wait to meet people”she declared, before ironically: “if the English court wishes to invite me to London, It will have to be done well in advance because my schedule may be overloaded until the Christmas holidays!“. The winegrower has become, despite herself, the main character of a story worthy of the most beautiful novels. She will remember her meeting with the King of England and his wife for life.