USA - Washington

"A crazy French man" named Christophe Baron settled in the Walla Walla Valley in 1997. Not that he would turn his back on his homeland, where his family has been making champagne for many generations, no, but everything was fine at home then as it is now. Cayues, named after an indigenous people whose name is derived from Cailloux, i.e. stones, is not just a name but a program, because the earth is strewn with stones the size of softballs - and reminds us of what? Exactly, of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. I am certain that Baron is the engine of the Washington wine world and is not only at the forefront with its wines under the Cayuse label, but is not resting on its laurels for a second, but is constantly developing. There is a lot of energy at play here!

Horsepower is not just the name, but the program for Christophe Baron. Horsepower opens a window into the past, showing us how people worked in fields and vineyards up until the middle of the 20th century, not just in Europe, but all over the world. There were no tractors back then, horses pulled the plow and the harrow. Time seemed to pass at a much more leisurely pace back then. People took their time with the work, were aware of its importance and acted accordingly. Here you won't hear a tractor, you won't smell exhaust fumes, here you will only hear the clacking of horses' hooves on the stones and the hissing of the atomizer when the biodynamic infusions are applied. However, enjoying these wines is not a journey through time, because they are all contemporary natural beauties!