Domaine Jean-François Mérieau Visits Vietnam

Some visits feel more like reunions than business trips.

Over the past few days, we had the pleasure of welcoming Émilie Mérieau from Domaine Jean-François Mérieau to Vietnam — sharing wines, stories, long lunches, trade tastings, and beautiful moments around the table from Da Nang to Saigon.

For us at Glouglou Wines, these moments matter deeply.

Because wine only truly makes sense when the people behind the bottles are present to bring the wines to life.

And few domaines embody this spirit better than Domaine Mérieau.

A Loire Domaine With Soul

Based in the Loire Valley, Domaine Jean-François Mérieau has quietly become one of the region’s most respected artisanal producers.

The wines are honest, vibrant, deeply expressive of their terroirs, and made with a clear philosophy: minimal intervention, organic farming, precision, and drinkability above all.

These are not wines built around power or marketing.

They are wines built for the table.

Fresh Chenins. Energetic Sauvignons. Beautifully digestible reds. Long lees ageing. Pure fruit. Salinity. Tension.

The kind of wines sommeliers love pouring because they instantly make sense with food.

And also the kind of wines that disappear dangerously fast once opened.

Trade Tasting at Gu Wine Bistro — Da Nang

One of the highlights of Émilie’s visit was our professional trade tasting hosted at Gu Wine Bistro in Da Nang.

A room full of sommeliers, chefs, restaurant owners, and wine professionals gathering around the wines, exchanging impressions, discussing vintages, terroirs, pairings, and the evolution of Loire wines today.

Exactly the kind of energy we love seeing.

No stiffness. No unnecessary formalities. Just passionate hospitality people sharing bottles and ideas together.

What became immediately clear during the tasting is how naturally Mérieau’s wines fit the modern Vietnamese dining scene.

The freshness. The acidity. The precision. The incredible flexibility at the table.

These are wines made for gastronomy.

Wines that work just as beautifully beside seafood, herbs, spice, and charcoal as they do in more classic French pairings.

A Special Dinner at Le Corto Saigon

The trip continued in Saigon with a very special dinner at Le Corto alongside Michelin-starred chef Jean-Baptiste Natali.

An evening where the wines of Domaine Mérieau met refined French gastronomy in one of Saigon’s most iconic dining rooms.

Moments like these remind us why collaboration between chefs, sommeliers, producers, and restaurants matters so much.

The right wine beside the right dish can completely transform a dinner.

And Mérieau’s wines carried themselves beautifully throughout the evening:precise,alive,elegant,and deeply gastronomic.

A huge thank you as well to chef Jean-Baptiste Natali and the entire Le Corto team for the warm welcome and incredible hospitality.

Thank You Émilie

Most importantly, a heartfelt thank you to Émilie Mérieau for joining us in Vietnam.

For sharing the wines.For sharing the stories behind them.For the generosity, openness, and energy throughout the trip.

These visits are essential.

They create real connections between growers and the hospitality scene here in Vietnam. They allow sommeliers, chefs, and wine lovers to understand not only the wines themselves, but also the philosophy and people behind them.

And that changes everything.

New Cuvées Arriving Soon

The good news does not stop here.

Following this visit, expect to see new cuvées from Domaine Jean-François Mérieau arriving in Vietnam over the next few weeks.

Some exciting bottles are on the way.

Fresh arrivals. New discoveries.And a few wines we have been waiting for very impatiently ourselves.

Stay tuned.