DOMAINE DES SONNETTES
+ SONSHINE VINS

Lisanne van son grew up in the Netherlands and worked for many years in the restaurant business as a sommelier. In March 2017, she decided to follow her dream of making her own wine, so she moved to the Touraine region in the Loire. That summer she started winemaking studies in Amboise and made small quantities of wine in 2016 and 2017 as a negoce project.

The search for organic grapes is not easy these days due to the climate change, the increasing threat and damage of spring frosts, and various diseases that attack the vines. But thanks to great winemakers who sold her some of their beautiful grapes, she made 6 wines in 2018! All the grapes are (hand) harvested by Lisanne and she treats them as if they came from my own vineyard.

Her other dream became reality in 2021. Finding her own vineyard paradise! Domaine des sonnettes

Together with her partner Edouard, they own 4 hectares of vineyards in Jujurieux in the Bugey region.

All the Sonshine wines are now produced in their new place in the Bugey. They are ‘natural’, which means that the grapes are organically or biodynamically grown. The wines live their life and it’s their job to guide them in the right direction.

In the cellar there are no interventions. The wine is made with indigenous yeast and without additives, apart from a very little dose of sulphur before bottling- if the wine requires it- to keep it stable when it travels the world.