It is within this cradle, the southernmost of France where the Albères massif sweeps over the Mediterranean, where memory meets the horizon, that Man has been working the vine for more than 2500 years. Between land and sea, La Côte Vermeille vineyard has no equal.
La Côte Vermeille in figures: 4 communes, 1,500 hectares of vines, 4 signs of identification of quality and origin (AOC Banyuls Grand Cru, Banyuls, Collioure, and IGP Côte Vermeille), 30,000 hl in dry wines and natural sweet wines, i.e. nearly 3.5 million bottles.
With the creation of a cooperative society of collective interest (Scic), the project owner, the programme aims to carry out 7 complementary projects and services which will then be able to give substance to a real Marshall Plan for the vineyard. The kick-off for this program is the 2020 summer fundraising campaign.
PRESERVE THE LIVING LANDSCAPE (1st Layer 50,000 euros)
> Purchase of heritage demonstration plots ;
> Maintenance of the vineyard architecture (dry stone masonry, restoration and maintenance of low walls);
> Creation of educational trails and road maintenance.
SUPPORTING THE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION (2nd Tier 100,000 euros)
> To make the raw material a laboratory of good environmental practices and a place for training in dry stone masonry;
> Experimenting with new technologies for precision viticulture.
INCREASE THE CRU'S RATING AND IDENTITY (3rd Tier 200,000 euros)
> Organisation of wine tourism events to promote local wines (fairs, events, tastings, etc.);
> Let's celebrate together the 50 years of the Collioure Rouge appellation in 2021!
TRANSFORM THE ROAD D 914 INTO A UNIQUE VINEYARD ROAD (4TH LEVEL 300 000)
> Make this departmental road the "Route Napoléon" of the Côte Vermeille vineyard (entrance/exit signs, welcome signs managing the bends, monumental works of art in schist, etc.).
The association Reconquesta Côte Vermeille brings together the many players in the Cru Banyuls Collioure. Thus, independent winegrowers, winemakers, cooperatives, wine merchants, are mobilizing to protect and develop together, this so precious heritage that binds them together.
> 650 winegrowers
> 3 cooperatives
> 40 private cellars
You can support this project:
- By making an online donation by credit card on this page after registering on the Dartagnans website.
- By making a bank transfer after registering on the Dartagnans website.
- For French donors only, by sending a cheque, on the back of which you will write your e-mail address, made out to "Reconquesta Côte Vermeille", sent to the following address :
Dartagnans
Campagne Reconquesta Côte Vermeille
15 rue de Milan
75009 PARIS
> Région Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée
> Département Pyrénées Orientales
> Communauté de Communes Albères - Côte Vermeille - Ilibéris
> Les 4 communes : Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Cerbère
> Les offices de tourisme de Collioure, Port-Vendres, Banyuls-sur-Mer et l'office de tourisme intercommunal Pyrénées-Méditerranées
> Crédit Agricole
> Syndicat des Vignobles de la Côte Vermeille
> Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins du Roussillon
> Les caves coopératives et particulières du Cru Banyuls Collioure
> Les cavistes et autres acteurs du Cru Banyuls Collioure
By deciding to support the Reconquesta Côte Vermeille project, beyond "simple" donors, you become for us friends, saviours, conservators and protectors of heritage, patrons, or philanthropists and for this we say thank you. Never forget, dear donors, "the man who moves a mountain begins by moving the little stones".
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