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Mare Nostrum Vini

Mediterranean 

The Story

Discover Mare Nostrum Vini, crafted by visionaries Antoine Isenbrandt and Athénaïs de Béru. Mare Nostrum Vini is a cultural wine project celebrating the Mediterranean through its coastal vineyards, native grape varieties, and shared traditions. They connect winemakers across the region, working organically, and often biodynamically, with historic white grapes shaped by the sea’s influence; salt, wind, sun, and soul.

Each cuvée is named after a wind, blowing where the grapes grow, often in dialect or local language, serving as a geographic anchor for their wines.

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Mare Nostrum, Mediterranean

The People

Mare Nostrum Vini is the creation of Antoine Isenbrandt and Athénaïs de Béru: two visionaries brought together by a shared passion for the Mediterranean and its profound viticultural legacy.

Antoine, a wine selector and cultural curator, has spent years working closely with Mediterranean winemakers, building deep relationships rooted in shared values and respect for local traditions.

Athénaïs, winemaker at Château de Béru in Chablis, brings her expertise in biodynamic farming and long, patient vinification. Her cellar in Béru offers a home for the project’s wines, where time and care reveal each grape’s true identity.

Antonie Isenbrandt walking in the vineyard

The Place

All grapes are hand-harvested in 12-kg crates. When possible, they're brought back to Béru in refrigerated transport; otherwise, they vinify on-site and return the juice at the end of fermentation. Their goal is to give each variety the best conditions. Slow maturation (18–30 months) in a natural underground cellar, using barrels, amphoras, and glass vessels, to fully express its character.

The label, inspired by Minimal Art and monochrome, echoes the shifting surface of the sea. A reflection of water’s ever-changing nature across coasts and time. A small negative map of the Mediterranean marks each wine’s origin while symbolically erasing borders, bringing cultures closer through a shared sea.

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