Winery Location & Visitor Comments
Maison Ilan is located at our home in the center of Nuits Saint Georges in the heart of the Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy, France. If you find yourself in Burgundy, feel free to drop us a line.
Cheers!
Maison Ilan is located at our home in the center of Nuits Saint Georges in the heart of the Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy, France. If you find yourself in Burgundy, feel free to drop us a line.
Cheers!
Hello Ray,
my name is Peer Reiss. I have been working from may 2008 til december 2009 at the domaine Meo-Camuzet. Jean Nicolas told me about your new Négoce business and I would like to come by once you’re available. I think you might still be moving your things from the states, so let me know once you’re available.
All the best
Peer
February 24, 2010 at 6:13 am
Hello Peer,
sorry to be getting to this late. How is your project advancing? We are al moving in in Nuits. Drop by when you wish, I’ll be sure to show the wines to you.
Cheers!
July 14, 2010 at 1:09 pm
will the wines be available in northern Virginia?
July 20, 2010 at 8:00 am
Hello Alan,
we will certainly get some wine over to a few mailing list members in Virginia.
July 21, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Great article on Bloomberg today. Good luck with everything – I look forward to following your story!
July 20, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Thank you Maura,
I’m glad that you enjoyed the article. Craig is an excellent writer and very generous in the coverage which he gave to Maison Ilan. I couldn’t be happier.
Cheers
July 21, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Hi Ray
Saw an article on what you are doing on a email newsletter which we get here in Australia, called Daily Wine News. I have to say I am very jealous! If I knew that it was possible to have done what you have done I probably wouldn’t have emigrated to Australia to set up a vineyard and winery! Anyway best of luck with it all and I will enjoy reading your progress. By the way, can you tell me who made those open top wooden vats that you bought and what size are they? Some people here take the heads off barrels to ferment in them but I reckon it would be alot easier with the smallish vats you have!
Best wishes
James
July 21, 2010 at 2:30 am
Hello James,
Marc Grenier made the tanks. While there are a few tonnelleries in Burgundy who also make wooden tanks (cuve bois) or foudres, there aren’t but a few who only produce wooden tanks. As the article mentioned, he has some fairly demanding clients that want the best. He is the best, there is zero doubt in my mind.
Cheers!
July 21, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Ray.
Congratulations! I wish I knew this last December. We probably drove right by the winery.
Good luck young man,
David Niederauer
July 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Hello David,
it has been too long! How have you been? I moved over the wines from Saint Aubin in January. We’re located just around the corner from Morin and just a bit further down from Boisset. Do let me know when you a here next. It would be a pleasure to open a few bottles with you after showing you the winery.
July 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Ray:
Thanks to the heads up from Bill Nanson I saw the article from the Sydney Morning Herald. Congrats. You deserve it.
You’re living the dream Ray. A couple of our mutual bulletin board friends had mentioned you had moved to burgundy but nobody ever told me why. Now I know.
Don Cornwell
July 23, 2010 at 1:40 am
Don,
thanks for reading the article. Sydney Morning Herald? Its making the rounds then, I still cannot believe it. I hope you stick around to watch the progress. There are Many exciting things still on the horizon! This is just the beginning.
Cheers!
July 23, 2010 at 7:53 am
Ray,
Amazing press… I am so happy for you and the wines!!! I know that everyone is cheering you on! Can’t wait to try and buy some of the first release… I know the crew at BP will want to get some…
Take care… we wish you the best of luck!
Nancy
July 26, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Hey Nancy! Thanks for visiting. I appreciate it. And, I’ll be sure to be in touch!
Thanks again!
July 27, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Hi Ray,
Really surprised and glad to receive your phone call last Saturday.
Looks like you’re getting more interest from the press coverage all over the world – I reckon I’ll have to put my ‘futures’ order in soon to beat the queue!
Also noticed that you’ve chimed in at one of the Aust wine forums. Hope to hear more from you there too.
Please feel free to contact me & I’ll show you around in Singapore whenever you drop by.
Wishing you all the best with the 2010 vintage.
Cheers.
Raymond Lim
July 26, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Thanks for the comment Raymond! I’ll make sure to give you another call down the road when I’m in Singapore. And, the coverage has been nothing short of amazing. I took a look back at some of the older posts I made while living in California and there is no way I saw any of this coming. Never in my wildest dreams.
As for futures….things are moving quite well.
Cheers!
July 27, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I recently read an article about your winery. I wish you lots of success and i can’t wait for your first release.
Ron DelHomme
July 29, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Ray,
Good on you! As the nations only black
importer (since 1997) I am pulling for you.
-William
July 29, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Thanks William and Ronald! And, thank you for visiting the blog!
July 30, 2010 at 11:54 am
Dear Ray,
I just wanted to pass on my very best wishes to you and your family. What you are doing is truly inspiring and i wish you every luck with it. I am a banker in London dealing with the daily grind and pressures and long to undertake a similar endeavour to you. I just hope that it happens and would be happy with half of your success.
I visit France regularly and would love to pop by and say hello at some point if that is ok?
All my best wishes,
Andrew
August 18, 2010 at 4:08 am
I read the interesting article about your winery in the 18 August edition of our local newspaper, “The Sacramento Bee.” It is especially interesting to me because I will be visiting France next month, staying for two nights in Beaune on 21 and 22 September. My friend and I look forward to visiting your winery.
August 27, 2010 at 2:50 pm