{"id":33344,"date":"2022-03-31T18:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/?p=33344"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:38:38","slug":"vines-like-humans-prefer-cooler-nights-for-better-sleep-and-a-nice-warm-sunny-day-anne-bousquet-co-founder-domaine-bousquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/vines-like-humans-prefer-cooler-nights-for-better-sleep-and-a-nice-warm-sunny-day-anne-bousquet-co-founder-domaine-bousquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Vines \u2013like humans \u2013prefer cooler nights for better sleep and a nice warm sunny day,\u201d Anne Bousquet, Co-founder Domaine Bousquet."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe teased him about buying a beach,\u201d says Anne Bousquet about the sandy soil in the Argentine vineyards purchased by her father using money from the sale of his vineyards in France, \u201cbut he was adamant because this soil makes elegant wines and that characteristic was very important to him as a Frenchman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anne Bousquet demonstrates how sandy the soil is by letting it run through her fingers at Domaine Bousquet\u2019s high elevation, organic vineyards<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Her father desired this sandy soil because it provides the low fertility desirable for vine stress, with good drainage, and no salinity issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the beginning, all of Domaine Bousquet wines have been made 100% with organically grown grapes because of a combination of factors including soils, altitude, and ground water, but most important is a very dry climate. Altitude offers a diurnal shift: cool at night, warm during the day.<\/p>\n

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Anne Bousquet (courtesy winery)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cVines \u2013like humans \u2013prefer cooler nights for better sleep and a nice warm sunny day,\u201d says Anne. They shut down when it is too hot or too cold.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anne should know; she grew up in the business, first in Southwest France where her father had a third generation winery and vineyards \u2013until he sold it all and set up shop in the Uco Valley of Argentina\u2019s Mendoza region in the 1990s when no one believed wine grapes could thrive in such a cold, hostile, high altitude place. But he proved them wrong, and Anne fell in love with the landscape, an area where growing organically could work out well for wine.<\/p>\n

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Anne studied economics in the US, and had her career in Boston, as well as her family, but when her dad asked for help in 2004, she said yes, and brought her one year old daughter back to Argentina, moving to a small town after living in large international cities.<\/p>\n

Working together did not go easily, and many arguments ensued. But Anne stood up for her ideas. In 2011, she and her husband bought out her father\u2019s shares to be co-owners; he still lives on the property where he tends his own organic vineyard. Her brother now runs the business in Europe.<\/p>\n

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Anne Bousquet and family: L to R, Guillaume Bousquet, Anne\u2019s brother, who lives in France and oversees their business in continental Europe, Anne, her husband Labid al Ameri and in the front, Anne & Labid\u2019s daughter Eva.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anne maintained a dual life for many years until recently: in\u00a02018 she quit being an economist and went full-time into wine\u2013 although being an economist certainly must help with running a business growing as fast and as large as Domaine Bousquet! In 2015 she moved back to the US to Miami so her daughter could go to school; from there she and her husband manages the business with help from the team in Argentina.<\/p>\n

Read about Domaine Bousquet\u2019s viticulturist Franco Bastias here with notes and pairings for white wines.\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Domaine Bousquet organic wines with a smoked burger and grilled vegetables<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anne has impressive goals for Domaine Bousquet; soon they will be one of the largest organic wineries in the world, producing 1.5 million cases sustainably and ethically produced as evidenced by their pursuit of B Corp certification and\u00a0biodynamic certification. (What does that mean? Read more here.)<\/a><\/p>\n

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a line up of 6 organic soon to be biodynamic wines from Domaine Bousquet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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