Les Pieds dans la Dyle - Pablo & Jade Cremers

Unquestionable Faith, the kind that propels us toward a point we will likely never reach, because there is no other path to take, and in any case, nothing is more satisfying. Magic, which makes unforeseen things happen underground, hidden from view and light, unexpected things happen in the vats, improbable things happen in the bottle. And also the element of bluff. How can this project, which seems so obvious to us, into which we put so much naturalness, spontaneity, irrationality, so many of our strengths and weaknesses, sometimes absurd willpower, and often total procrastination, possibly convince anyone, including ourselves? And consequently, imposter syndrome, from which we must never recover.

In the vineyard:

We work exclusively with interspecific grape varieties, both old and new: Rondo, Pinotin, Solaris, Souvignier Gris, Prior, Monarch, DOC, Foch/Millot, 5455, Chambourcin, Landal Noir, etc. We believe that a vineyard, like a fruit tree, should be able to thrive with minimal human intervention. We don't till the soil and plan to treat only with herbal teas and liquid manure, if necessary. We simply manage the spontaneous ground cover according to the weather (cutting and leaving the clippings under the vines) and adjust the grape yield for each vine.

In the cellar:

We make our wine without any additives, deep in a very cool cellar, using a variety of containers: stainless steel, terracotta, fiberglass, polyethylene, and wood, chosen for their capacity at harvest time rather than their natural material. We have five different plots planted, one per year since 2018, for a total of 1.5 hectares. Each plot is a different "model." One is a project by a citizens' association, another was planted as part of a participatory eco-village, the largest is a collaboration with a Brussels restaurant, and the other two are located on the land of farmers curious to see something new growing there. Everything is vinified in the same winery in a former farmhouse in Ottignies (20 kilometers from Brussels).