We used to say we owned the most beautiful vineyard in the world. Now we say, the most
beautiful vineyard in the world owns itself. We are merely its guardians.
 Jan & Caryl Panman lived and worked in many countries before Limoux’s stunning wines stopped them in their tracks. Now at the end of their second decade here, they are as deeply rooted to the soils of Rives-Blanques as are their vines. Passion is contagious, and tendrils of love for the place, the profession, and the product, have wound themselves around the next generation as well. |
 Jan-Ailbe Panman, formerly a school teacher, holds Masters degrees in Modern Languages, and in China studies – but the important diploma is the one from UC Davis in wine making. After several years working in tandem with the previous owner and then vineyard manager, he took over full responsibility for the growing and making of our wines in 2017. |
 Pierre Roque joined the team in 2012. The weight of Pierre’s impressive tasting and blending talents, honed over a 30-year career, bears heavily on our quest to make balanced and elegant terroir-based wines: wines that reflect the best of the year and its conditions. |
 Xaxa Panman is the daughter of the house. and a stalwart standard-bearer. She is aided and abetted by her husband Ian, also an academic. Their considerable talents are important in the management of the vineyard and the marketing of our wines. |
 Our harvesters are a loyal, and trusty team who return year after year, and whose high standards and cheerful willingness can be found in the bottom of each bottle we make. 10 of our 11 wines are harvested by hand: the flexibility and cooperation of our harvest team is absolutely vital to their success. |
 Bacchus took over as Chief Receptionist in 2015 on the death of the universally admired 17-year old Springer Spaniel, Bruno (described by Decanter as “the best nose at Rives-Blanques”), manning his post from his wine barrel bed outside the tasting room. |