1893 wedding

2009 wedding

History lesson

In 1835 the Coustou family arrived at La Perroterie they were a very important family in the area. Monsieur Coustou was the Pastor of Duras for more than 40 years. In the 1850's his wife Elise was responsible for introducing into our region the American grapevine root stock, after the infestation of the disease Phylloxera which destroyed 90% of the European grapevines, this would prove to be a hugely significant exercise as it literally resurrected the production of wine throughout Europe. Elise became the chef de region pour de vin, which was no mean feat for a woman, in fact it would be quite a thing if a woman had this title in 2012!!


In 1893 the granddaughter of Elise was married in Duras & the wedding was celebrated at Chateau Perroterie & here is the official photograph. In 2009 we had a local family wedding, & a photo was taken in the same place. Next week we are fortunate to be hosting once again a local wedding. So fingers crossed the weather is perfect & love will once again be in the air at Chateau Perroterie.


I wanted to share this cocktail with you as it is a particular favorite with French weddings.It's a very pretty & popular wedding drink. You need a chilled Rose wine, pour 1/3 into a large wine glass, then fresh grapefruit again 1/3 juice, top up with sparkling water. Add crushed ice if your liquids aren't chilled.

For weddings its lovely to add rose petals into ice cube trays & freeze, they look amazing floating in punch bowls or in large wine glasses. 

Wedding cocktail