{"id":2676,"date":"2021-04-02T12:12:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/notre-histoire\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:48:34","slug":"notre-histoire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/notre-histoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Once upon a time in Berne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Aurelian Way :<\/span>
The history of Ch\u00e2teau de Berne dates back to Roman times, when vines were already grown here. The estate is located on a branch of the Via Aurelia, which linked Italy to Spain and was used in particular for the wine trade. The amphorae carrying the precious liquid were made on site, as evidenced by an oven discovered in the vineyard.<\/p>

The Cistercian Order, 12th century :<\/span>
Then it's on to 12e<\/span> It was during this period that the Count of Toulouse, Raymond V, made a gift of the estate to Bernard de Clairvaux, founder of the Cistercian order, which adopted the fundamental rules of Saint-Beno\u00eet. In 1307, the land was confiscated by the King of France, Philippe le Bel, in favour of noble families. For nearly five centuries, the property belonged to the Marquis de Villeneuve.<\/p>

The rebirth of the Ch\u00e2teau de Berne, 19th century :<\/span>
The estate developed in the 19the<\/span>\u00a0The winegrowing estate was created in the 19th century by Marius Estellon, a former frigate captain in the imperial army. He enlarged the land, planted new plots and modernised winegrowing. A true patron of the arts, he gave grandiose parties that benefited the entire region and produced the earthenware on site that was essential for entertaining his guests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The rise of the estate, 20th century :<\/span><\/p>

The Ch\u00e2teau then passed through various hands: Dr German from 1949 to 1960, then Mrs Smeets (CEO of the Jean Mineur advertising company) until 1985. The vineyard was then somewhat neglected until an Englishman bought it in 1995 and replanted 32 hectares, modernising the winemaking facilities and rebuilding the cellar so that the grapes could be brought in by gravity.<\/p>

Wine tourism mecca, 21st century :<\/span>
As a passionate connoisseur, he works scrupulously on the grape varieties that deserve the 'C\u00f4tes de Provence' AOC, studying the subtle composition of the soil on the 80 hectares of terroir and the sunshine and other meteorological parameters, for a production of some 500,000 bottles.
It was in 1995 that this British businessman, who had patented the contact lens, decided to develop a hotel concept focusing on the world of wine and wine tourism, now more commonly known as wine tourism.
In 2007, a British businessman with a passion for Provence bought the estate. Combining quality and innovation, that same year Ch\u00e2teau de Berne introduced the first square-shaped bottle of wine, which proved a great success.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9couvrez notre histoire… La voie Aur\u00e9lienne :L\u2019histoire du Ch\u00e2teau de Berne remonte \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque romaine o\u00f9 la vigne y \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 cultiv\u00e9e.\u00a0 Le Domaine est situ\u00e9 sur un embranchement de la \u00ab Via Aurelia \u00bb qui reliait l\u2019Italie \u00e0 l\u2019Espagne et servait notamment au commerce du vin. Les amphores transportant le pr\u00e9cieux liquide \u00e9taient fabriqu\u00e9es […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2676","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26065,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2676\/revisions\/26065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateauberne.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}