{"id":2969,"date":"2026-03-16T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateaudecastelneau.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:34:58","slug":"emission-vinocite-chateau-de-castelneau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chateaudecastelneau.com\/en\/emission-vinocite-chateau-de-castelneau\/","title":{"rendered":"Extract from the \u00abVinocit\u00e9\u00bb podcast\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ch\u00e2teau de Castelneau: uprooting 30 hectares of vines means uprooting 30 hectares of dreams and promises<\/h2>\n

Ch\u00e2teau de Castelneau in Saint-L\u00e9on in the Entre-Deux-Mers region has been producing wine since the 12th century. Today, the de Roquefeuil family is putting wine to one side in favour of tourism, the only way out of the crisis in winegrowing. Listen to Lo\u00efc de Roquefeuil's testimony<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Lo\u00efc de Roquefeuil is still deeply moved when he talks about the uprooting of 30 hectares of vines on the Ch\u00e2teau de Castelneau estate in Saint-L\u00e9on in the Entre-Deux-Mers region. \u00abI used to tell my wife Diane that every hectare planted was the future holiday she had dreamed of for so many years. We took her holidays away\u00bb. The ch\u00e2teau produced up to 250,000 bottles, but the crisis did not spare this estate, whose origins date back to the 12th century. We had to pull out all the stops and turn to hospitality activities (weddings, seminars, holidays and wine tourism) to find the means to maintain this listed estate in this wine-growing region. An illustration of the resilience of winegrowers and the tourism and economic potential of the Gironde hinterland.<\/p>\n

Castelneau Castle<\/h2>\n

As far back as the 11th century, the great cartulary of the Abbey of La Sauve-Majeure records an exchange of vines for woodland between the monks and the Lord of Castelneau. And for 9 generations, Lo\u00efc and Diane de Roquefeuil's family have been shaping the estate, day after day, to welcome the curious and lovers of wine and history. Just 3 km from the abbey of La Sauve-Majeure in the Entre-deux-Mers region, Ch\u00e2teau de Castelneau is a historic residence that reigns over a 100-hectare estate, fifteen of which are planted with vines. Ch\u00e2teau de Castelneau dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries and is listed as a historic monument.<\/p>\n

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