His Place in the Sun

In the south of France, native vintner Gérard Bertrand stands tall as a champion of Languedoc wines

Bertrand above his vineyards at Château l'Hospitalet, looking onto the Mediterranean
Bertrand above vineyards at the 2,500-acre Château l'Hospitalet overlooking the Mediterranean, also home to a luxury resort and his company headquarters. (Deepix Studio)

With his extensive range of wines—from the affordably priced Cote des Roses to single-estate, luxury cuvées such as the Clos d’Ora at $250 a bottle—Gérard Bertrand is determined to tell the world a different story about Languedoc, a wide swath of land stretching 150 miles along the Mediterranean Coast from the Pyrenees and Spanish border upward north and east to Provence. Read his story. 

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