To choose, serve and understand our wines
The Wine Workshop
A few tools to plan a meal, a party or an order, and to learn more about what happens between the vine and the bottle.
Choose
Find the bottle that suits the moment, the dish, the budget, or the person you are giving it to.
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Which wine should I choose?
A few questions about the moment, the dish and the budget, and we suggest the right bottle.
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Food and wine pairing
Choose your dish and the estate tells you which of its wines to serve with it.
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Compare our wines
Two or three of our wines side by side: grapes, price, awards, serving and dishes.
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Wine through the seasons
Spring, summer, autumn, winter: the dishes of the season and the wines their sheets recommend.
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Giving wine
Your budget, their tastes: the bottle or selection that will please.
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Order
Plan the quantity and the budget, then build a case up to free delivery.
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How many bottles?
Dinner, party, wedding or cocktail: how many bottles to plan for your guests.
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The wine budget for a reception
Your guests, your moments, your wines: the bottles, the total cost and the price per guest.
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Build your case
Pick your bottles one by one and watch the count towards free delivery.
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Serve and taste
Open and serve, store and track your cellar, organise a tasting and recognise aromas.
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Serving wine
The right temperature for each of our wines, and a few simple tips.
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Opening a bottle
Corkscrew, sparkling wine, broken cork, decanter: the right moves, step by step.
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Storing wine
Is your cellar ready? And how long can you keep an opened bottle?
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My cellar book
Your bottles, where they are and when to drink them, kept in your browser.
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Organising a tasting
Your guests, your wines: the serving order, the bottles you will need and the checklist.
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Tasting sheet
Note what you see, smell and taste, and keep your tasting notebook.
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Wine aromas
Fruit, flowers, spices, oak: the aroma wheel, and the aromas of Négrette.
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Understand
Fronton’s grape variety, the language of the trade, the label, organic and the year at the estate.
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Négrette and its terroir
The grape of Fronton, its history and a map of the twenty municipalities of the appellation.
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The Négrette quiz
Ten questions on the grape of Fronton and its appellation. How many will you get right?
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The big wine quiz
Serving, cellar, labels, aromas, organic: ten questions to test your knowledge.
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Winegrower’s glossary
Boulbène, coulure, settling, ageing: the words of the vineyard and the cellar, explained simply.
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Reading a wine label
PDO, vintage, sulphites, organic logo: every statement on the label explained, in one click.
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Organic wine and sulphites
Sulphite limits compared, and seven common beliefs about organic wine, true or false.
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The vineyard year
From pruning to harvest, what happens in the vines and in the cellar, month by month.
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Tools born of the questions we are asked
Which wine for game? How many bottles for forty guests? At what temperature should a Fronton red be served? The estate hears these questions in the cellar shop, on the phone and at wine fairs. Each tool answers them once and for all: from our own wines where possible, and from general guidelines, flagged as such, where it is not.
Where the information comes from
Pairings and serving temperatures are taken from our wine sheets, and only the wines available at the time of your visit are suggested. Information on the appellation and on Négrette comes from the Fronton AOC specification, published by INAO, and from the Plantgrape grape variety catalogue. Quantities and storage follow standard trade practice.
The estate behind the Workshop
Château Saint Louis was founded in 1878 in Labastide-Saint-Pierre, in Tarn-et-Garonne. Its 30 hectares of vines have been farmed organically, certified by Ecocert, since 2005. The estate produces Fronton PDO and Comté Tolosan PGI wines, and harvests at the end of August and the beginning of September.
Your questions
Frequently asked questions
Are the Wine Workshop tools free?
Yes. They are open to all, with no sign-up. The tasting sheet keeps your notes in your browser: nothing is sent to the estate.
Does the advice apply to wines other than the estate’s?
The general guidelines, such as temperature by colour, quantities, storage or reading a label, apply to all wines. The pairings, suggestions and precise temperatures concern our cuvées, based on their sheets.
Can I order the recommended wines?
Yes, from the site’s shop or directly from the Build your case tool. Delivery is free in France from 12 bottles.
Where is Château Saint Louis?
In Labastide-Saint-Pierre (82370), within the Fronton PDO area, between Toulouse and Montauban.
Sources
- Fronton AOC specification INAO
- Négrette grape variety sheet Plantgrape
