Tasting is experiencing a sensory symbiosis between sight, smell, taste, and even touch. The...
The Château d’Arsac Blog
Welcome to the Château d’Arsac blog, a space for discovery, sharing, and passion where the world of wine, contemporary art, estate life, and the behind-the-scenes of an exceptional terroir converge.
Through our articles, meet the artists who give soul and color to our Sculpture Garden. Explore the secrets of our wines, the winemaker’s gestures throughout the seasons, historical anecdotes of a thousand-year-old estate, and the cultural events that punctuate château life.
Here, each post is an invitation to understand, feel, and experience the Marriage of Taste and Beauty.
Understanding What’s in your Glass: Women and Men, Know-How and Innovations
When you bring a glass to your lips, you're not just tasting a blend of grape varieties: you're...
Essential French Grape Varieties: a Journey into the Heart of French Wine Identity
Behind every wine lies a grape variety, this vine variety that largely determines a wine's aromas, structure, and personality. In France, a country with an exceptional wine heritage, grape varieties are numerous, but some stand out due to their renown, distribution,...
A Journey into the Heart of Wine Regions: from Classic Vineyards to Emerging Terroirs
Behind every bottle of wine lies a region, a history, a climate, a soil... in short, a unique terroir. Discovering wine regions is a different way to travel: with your nose, your palate, and your heart. France, the land of wine par excellence, holds a mosaic of...
Bernar Venet: Steel as a Vector of Pure Abstraction
Bernar Venet, born in 1941 in Château-Arnoux, is a major French sculptor and conceptual artist. Internationally recognized for his monumental Cor-Ten steel arcs and lines, he explores form, science, and the relationship of art to public space. Bernar Venet Drawn to...
Niki De Saint Phalle: Art as an Explosion of Life and Truth
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), an unclassifiable Franco-American artist, left her mark on the 20th century with a vibrant, feminist, and radical body of work. Painting, sculpture, performance, cinema: her exuberant art is a cry for freedom and healing. Niki de...
Bernard Pagès: the Raw Language of Matter
Bernard Pagès, born in 1940 in Cahors, is a major figure in contemporary French sculpture. An heir to the Supports/Surfaces movement, he develops a powerful and free body of work, based on assemblage, reclamation, and the dialogue between materials. Bernard Pagès...
Rotraut Klein-Moquay: Sky, Color, and Cosmos
Rotraut Klein-Moquay, known simply as Rotraut, is a German-French artist born in 1938. Her vibrant and celestial sculptural work is part of a sensitive quest for harmony between humanity, nature, and the universe. Rotraut Klein Moquay Born in Rerik, East Germany,...
Jean-Michel Meurice: Painting, Filming, Thinking Color
Jean-Michel Meurice (1938–2022) was a major French visual artist and filmmaker, a key figure in abstraction and the Supports/Surfaces movement. Through painting, video, and television, he redefined our relationship with art, color, and perception. Jean-Michel Meurice...
Susumu Shingu: the Wind as Poetic Material
Susumu Shingu, a Japanese sculptor born in Osaka in 1937, is globally recognized for his kinetic sculptures, set in motion by natural forces. Through his elegant and silent works, he invites us to listen to nature and see the invisible. Susumu Shingu Trained in oil...
Romain Barelier: Transforming the Everyday into Living Bronze
Romain Barelier, a sculptor and art founder born in Rome in 1964, shapes bronze with an imagination fueled by reclamation and the memory of objects. Between artistic heritage and contemporary boldness, he creates powerful and unique works. Romain Barelier Born at the...