The new photo organizer for Mac, PEAKTO 1.0 has been announced for 2022 and will be called “Pic Saint Loup“.
The Pic Saint Loup, an emblematic mountain near Montpellier, has a wealth of landscapes, biodiversity and opportunities for climbers and hikers.
It is also the name of a famous and delicious wine with a Protected Appellation of Origin (AOP), the Pic Saint Loup.
Join us in the discovery of the wine culture through our interview of the Domaine Clavel. Pierre Clavel shares with us his love for the Pic Saint Loup region as well as his vision of the future to carry on his family wine culture.
![Portrait of Pierre and Estelle on a wine barrel from Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-14.webp)
![Photography of different types of grapes collected from the vineyard at Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-03.webp)
I grew up in the shadow of the Peyrou water tower in Montpellier, and what could be more beautiful than the Pic Saint Loup, a proud mountain of 658 meters (2,159 feet)? My life as a winegrower led me first to the vineyards of the Méjanelle, the city’s historic vineyard, and then, little by little, to the vines of the Pic Saint Loup.
![Photography of people working in a vineyard at Domaine Clavel with the Pic Saint Loup in the background](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-07.webp)
Making wine is above all cultivating the vine, in its environment, in its climate, with the ideas and the means at our disposal. Wines have secrets, but they are first and foremost the conjunction of all that we receive and all that we know how to do.
” Our wines have the taste and flavor of the year, with its rains, its sun, its joys and its sorrows.”
![Photography of a woman between wine barrels at Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-01.webp)
Wine is a product of pleasure. It is in no way necessary to life and, of course, I can’t imagine growing vines in any other way than organically, without additives and without chemistry.
Our region, so sunny, is so favorable to organic production. It is the chemical wines that should be marked “chemical wine,” and not us who should have to label ours “organic.”
![Photography of a man harvesting grapes at Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-08.webp)
Difficult question…what does sustainable development mean in the ambient “Mess”?
We obviously have an impact on the environment: our wines travel by truck, by boat, to meet the amateur in the 4 corners of Europe and sometimes the world…but the domaine makes considerable efforts, planting hedges, fruit trees, sowing in the vineyards, solar panels on the roofs, considerations for new plantations, reduction of water consumption, etc…
![Portrait of Pierre Andre collecting olives in Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-11.webp)
We want to keep this aesthetic of work by continuing to undertake, to plant, to hire, in order to preserve this culture which is our own. These are the words that come to mind.
![Photography of people harvesting grapes at Domaine Clavel with the Pic Saint Loup at the background](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-09.webp)
Growing vines, landscaping, working in a beautiful cellar, making good wines is to love beautiful things, and the work of professional photographers seemed important to us in this so visual world.
” I’m naturally caring and optimistic; this comes through in the texts and photos.”
![Photography of a lavender stem in from of Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-02.webp)
![Portrait of Pierre Andre from Domain Clavel in front of a vineyard](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-04.webp)
Yes, it is important to relay the daily activity, to arouse the desire and make people want to come to the domaine. The pleasure of distributing quality, aesthetic content, is important and goes hand in hand with the philosophy of the domaine.
![Photography of people working in Domaine Clavel showing harvested grapes from the vineyard](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-06.webp)
![Photography of the team from Domaine Clavel alongside the vineyard](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-05.webp)
![Photography of a man harvesting grapes at Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-10.webp)
In 2021, on April 7 and 8, the nights were freezing. We lit straw fires in the night to try to make smoke screens and avoid the frost that came from the sky, in vain…it was a painful ordeal.
![Photography of men ploughing the fields at Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-12.webp)
We are part of an association called “graines équitables” (equitable seeds). It is a group of farmers from our region who produce various cereals–organic, of course–as well as lentils, various peas and many other seeds.
We are also members of “Terre de liens”(Land of ties), an association that protects agricultural land and helps new farmers who are starting out.
![Photography of a woman taking notes alongside some bottles and glasses of wine at Domaine Clavel](https://cyme.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Domaine-Clavel-13.webp)
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All images: ©Domaine Clavel
CYME would like to say a special thanks to Domaine Clavel for granting us this interview. As you can see from the interview, Pierre Clavel sees the importance, not only of infusing his wines with the very best ingredients, but his communication as well, choosing to invest in quality pictures on his website.
Besides his commitment to quality, we also applaud his commitment to sustainability and the preservation and protection of the environment, an aspect shared with Seb Bouin whom you can read an interview with here.
We at CYME share all these values, as we strive to help our community sustain the beauty and serenity of the planet, of unique places like the Pic Saint Loup, and to make its namesake, Peakto 1.0 Pic Saint Loup, the best it can be.