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Giffard, France
 It all began during the very hot summer of 1885…
Emile Giffard was a dispensing pharmacist and neighbour of the "Grand Hotel" in Angers, in the Loire Valley. However, he was no mere chemist. Inventive, curious and gourmet, he undertook research on the digestive and refreshing properties of mint. He thereby invented a pure, clear and refined white mint liqueur which he tested with the Grand Hotel's customers, in order to relieve them from heat. Success came at once. Emile changed his pharmacy into a distillery and called his liqueur MENTHE PASTILLE, referring to the mint sweets very famous at that time.
Four generations later, Giffard & Co, still in the hands of the Giffard family, produces, beside Menthe Pastille, "Crèmes de fruits", liqueurs, Guignolet, Fruits in brandy and syrups. Quality has been their watchword all this time.
 
Caves Louis De Grenelle, France
 Bienvenue from the House Louis de Grenelle…
In the heart of the Loire Valley, the House Louis de Grenelle develops fine sparkling wines: Saumur Rosé, Saumur Brut and Crémant de Loire. Created in 1859, the House Louis De Grenelle remains the last family house in France.
Drawing from the 21st century tradition of the more contemporary values of constancy, manufacturing processes, commercial dynamics and marketing, the House Louis de Grenelle’s vintages continue to be produced and presented with respect to its founding values of authenticity and tradition.
Therefore, for more than a century, in the silence and the darkness of the cellars dug in the tuffeau (limestone), the Cellar Master assembles subtly three noble types of grapes: Chenin, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc to produce today’s House Louis de Grenelle vintages.
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