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The concept

Chai Saint Olive is Lyon’s first urban winemaking winery and is located at the heart of the 6th district of the city.

 

Urban winemaker, Chai Saint Olive is an urban winery that houses precision temperature controlled tanks and state-of-the-art winemaking facilities. From the reception of freshly pressed grape juice (also called must) to bottling, through ageing barrels, we produce hand-crafted wines on site.

All our wines are produced from 100% local grape varieties (Chardonnay, Viognier, Gamay and Syrah) thoroughly selected from 7 estates located as far as 80 kilometres from the Chai Saint Olive winery.

Chai Saint Olive is a real-life adventure punctuated by chance and long-standing encounters, including those of the Chai’s winegrower partners.

 

Our winegrower partners are true children of the land, passionate about their job and in love with their vines. They practice responsible winegrowing that respects nature and people.

Following this philosophy, Franck & Grégoire selected Chai Saint Olive’s winegrowers in the Rhône Valley with Jeanne Gaillard, Yves Cuilleron, Ludovic and Emmanuel Courbis and Eric Rocher as well as in the Beaujolais region with Viviane Tournissoux, Christophe Subrin and Hubert Cinquin.

 

Chai Saint Olive is also a unique and an atypical event venue dedicated to special themed tours, wine tastings and workshops, training courses, private and corporate events (seminars, team-building, board meetings, showrooms, birthday parties, hen and stag wine tasting events, etc).

 

Our wines are distributed at the following sites :

 

Restaurants : Agastache (Lyon 6e), Bouillon Baratte (Lyon 1er), Bouchon Palais Grillet (Lyon 2e), Cavatello (Corbas), Copain comme Canard (Lyon 3e), Epona, Hôtel InterContinental (Lyon 2e), Hôtel Kyriad Lyon Bron Eurexpo (Bron), Le Jean Moulin (Lyon 6e), Une Faim d’Apprendre (Lyon 9e), Retro Bistro (Lyon 5e), M Restaurant (Lyon 6e) and many more…

 

Wine merchants : Recoltant Manipulant (Lyon 1er), Aromo (Lyon 7e), Cave d’Or (Lyon 9e), Aux Caves de Charpennes (Villeurbanne), Cavavin St Georges (Lyon 5e), La Petite Cave d’Oullins (Oullins), Fromagerie Beillevaire, Les Halles de Lyon (Lyon 3e) and many more…

 

Export : UK exclusive distributor : Wanderlust Wine, Denmark exclusive distributor : WineAdvisor, Switzerland  : Wii & Guss

 

                                                                                        

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A unique place in Lyon
Lieu Atypique I Chai Urbain I Lyon

Welcome to Chai Saint Olive

Unique concept in Lyon
Chai Saint Olive I La Cuverie

Our main activity: urban winemaking

The tanks room - Pic: ©Nicolas Fussler
Chai Saint Olive I Salle de dégustation

Discover an event space

The tasting room - Pic: ©Nicolas Fussler
Lieu Atypique I Chai Urbain I Lyon

Diner sitted room

Up to 50 people
Lieux Atypiques à Lyon I Chai Saint Olive

Modular meeting room

Up to 25 people seated - Pic: ©Nicolas Fussler
Team Building Fun à Lyon I Chai Urbain

Wine assembly workshop

For companies and individuals
Chai à barriques du Chai Saint Olive I Lyon I Vins

Barrel ageing of our urban wines

An underground tasting room - Photo: ©Nicolas Fussler
bouteille personnalisée étiquette personnalisée

Customizing wine bottle labels

Customize your bottles at Chai Saint Olive by adding your own labels !
Chai Saint Olive Boutique en ligne

Our e-shop

Urban wines, wine tasting sessions... Welcome to our e-shop!

Have a look around and find:
> urban wines from our Chai Saint Olive urban winery
> wine tasting sessions
> wine accessories
> and a selection of our partner grape producers, etc.


Click on the button below and have a good stroll (but beware that our e-shop is in French).
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Chai Saint Olive Story & Team

Driven by the same passion for wine, we created our own wine production in 2014 with our first brand name : Saint Olive Frères®.

Matured and bottled by our partner winemakers, our Côtes-du-Rhône, Crozes Hermitage and Côtes-de-Provence wines are distributed mainly to individuals, restaurants and wine shops in Lyon and its region.

Based on this experience and through fortunate meetings along the way, we wanted to bring wine production to the city.

So we worked on this pioneer project and developed a unique concept in Lyon, that of a urban winemaking in our hometown.

 

First of all, what is a Chai? The word “Chai” in French refers to the place where all the winemaking stages take place. It is a wine storehouse, a winery. And in France, those wineries are usually located on wine estates far from city centres.

In recent years, urban wineries have emerged in cities such as New York, London and Paris. They have been very successful. It is how we developed the idea of creating the first urban winery in Lyon in a desire to introduce city dwellers to wine production methods.

After three years of work, Chai Saint Olive was born on September 1, 2020 in the heart of Lyon’s 6th arrondissement.

 

We are happy to welcome you inside our Chai Saint Olive to discover our urban wines 100% made in Lyon and made with love, including those of our Saint Olive Frères brand as well as those of our partner winegrowers – Hubert Cinquin, Jeanne Gaillard, Christophe Subrin, Jean-Michel and Viviane Tournissoux, Yves Cuilleron, Eric Rocher et Ludovic et Emmanuel Courbis.

You can come to visit our urban wine cellar, discover each stage of wine making, from the vine to the glass, and taste our urban wines with us and Marie, our cellar-master.

You are one click away from visiting the first urban winery in Lyon !

 

Contact us.

Franck & Grégoire.

 

Chai Saint Olive I Lyon I Equipe

Franck

Co-founder and co-manager of Chai Saint Olive Franck is the one who manages life at Chai Saint Olive, who builds a unique and privileged relationship with our customers and follows them during their events organisation at the Chai. He likes trails, the football team Olympique Lyonnais, get togethers and the fact that he does not need to go to the hairdresser.

Grégoire

Co-founder and co-manager of Chai Saint Olive Grégoire is the one who is at the initiative of Chai Saint Olive, who nurtures the relationship with our winegrowers partners, and watches over the smooth running of our urban winemaking processes. He likes good wine, good food and the countryside.

Marie

Cellar-master at the Chai Saint Olive Marie is the one who takes care of Chai Saint Olive urban wines, who sets and coordinates the smooth running of our urban winemaking processes, and who welcomes customers on site during our visiting hours. She likes looking after her horse Holliday-Pondi, horse-riding and the lovely products from Costes-Cirgues and Hélène Daroze's.

Marie-Léa

Event Project Manager at Chai Saint Olive Marie-Léa is the one who organizes events at Chai alongside Franck. She also lends a hand to Marie for cellar work and assists Grégoire in promoting Chai's wines. A versatile role! She loves bursting into laughter, strolling for hours, trying all kinds of manual activities, and surprising the people of Lyon with her Angevin expressions! She speaks English and Spanish! Her professional motto: Trust yourself and dare!

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[ TOP DÉPART DU 5È MILLÉSIME ✨🍷]

C'est un grand moment au Chai Saint Olive ! L'arrivée des moûts marque le début de notre 5è millésime et le lancement de sa vinification. Après les vendanges soigneusement réalisées, les raisins on été transformés en moûts, prêts à révéler tout leur potentiel. 🍇✨

Nous allons ainsi les vinifier via 3 méthodes différentes :

1- nos cuves inox thermo-régulées pendant 6-7 mois

2- nos fûts de chêne pendant 11-12 mois

3- et pour la première fois au Chai Saint Olive dans notre amphore 

Chaque méthode apporte sa touche unique ! 

Maintenant, place à l'ajout des levures pour déclencher la fermentation et donner naissance à nos nouvelles cuvées. 

Restez avec nous pour suivre cette belle aventure et découvrir les secrets qui se cache derrière chaque gorgée de notre 5è millésime ! 🤩
[ EN ROUTE POUR LE 5È MILLÉSIME 🍇 ]

Chaque année, les vendanges sont une nouvelle aventure ! On vous raconte ce qu’il se passe cette année 👇

Nous les avons démarrées chez Simon Cinquin aux Domaines des Treilles à Quincé-en-Beaujolais pour récolter les cépages de Chardonnay et Gamay. 

Les vendanges demandent une adaptation constante aux spécificités du raisin.

Nous observons attentivement les conditions climatiques. La vigilance est de mise pour garantir la meilleure qualité possible.

L'objectif : tirer le meilleur de ce que la nature nous offre. 🌱

Nous sommes prêts pour les vinifications et déterminés à réaliser un excellent 5e millésime. 

Chaque étape est importante. Chaque détail compte.

Nous avons hâte de vous partager ce 5e millésime. fruit d'un travail acharné et d'une attention méticuleuse aux détails.🍷

#vendanges #chai #vin #Lyon #chaiurbain #chaisaintolive #raisin #savoirfaire #millésime2024 #5èmemillésime
[ DANS LA PEAU DE GRÉGOIRE ]

Aujourd'hui, nous vous invitons à découvrir le quotidien de Grégoire, co-fondateur du Chai Saint Olive. 🍇

Grégoire, c'est celui qui est à l'initiative du Chai. Il entretient les liens avec nos vignerons partenaires, les restaurants et les cavistes avec qui nous travaillons. Il veille également au bon déroulement de chaque étape des vinifications. 🍷

Dans cette vidéo, plongez dans les coulisses de son métier et découvrez son quotidien au rythme unique. Prêts à en savoir plus ?

#chai #chaiurbain #lyon #vin #savoirfaire #vidéo #vlog #dansmapeau #Grégoire #métier #villedelyon #mission
[LE CHAI FÊTE SES 4 ANS 🍇🎉]

Quatre années de passion, d'innovation et de moments uniques. Retour sur le parcours du Chai depuis sa création en 2020 à aujourd’hui en quelques chiffres :

🍾 + de 104 000 bouteilles produites avec amour
🌟 + de 78 000 litres de vin mis en bouteille pour régaler vos papilles
🎉 + de 400 événements mémorables organisés
👥 + de 1 000 visiteurs accueillis pour des visites et dégustations uniques
👨‍🏫 + de 2 500 participants à nos ateliers d'assemblage, devenant créateurs de leur propre vin
🇬🇧 🇩🇰 🇮🇹 + de 7 600 bouteilles expédiées en Angleterre, au Danemark et en Italie. 

Merci à notre communauté de passionnés, connaisseurs, amateurs, curieux, mais aussi nos clients, nos partenaires, nos amis et notre famille. Votre soutien nous pousse toujours à innover. Continuons ensemble cette belle aventure vinicole !

#vin #chaiurbain #chai #anniversaire #4ans #villedelyon #lyon #bouteilles #événement #événementiel #ateliers #étranger #visite #dégustation #atelierassemblage

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Chai Saint Olive !

34 rue Malesherbes - 69006 Lyon (FRANCE)
We're open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 1pm and 3pm to 7pm.

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      Medias talk about Chai Saint Olive

      Podcast (in French) / Interview with Franck Saint Olive

      Lyon Première
      31/08/2020
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      Le Progrès
      13/09/2020
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      BFM TV Lyon
      14/09/2020
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      Lyon Mag
      15/09/2020
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      Lyon Plus
      15/09/2020
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      La Tribune de Lyon
      17/09/2020
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      Aujourd'hui en France
      25/09/2020
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      20 Minutes.fr
      29/09/2020
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      Tout Lyon Affiches
      17/10/2020
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      Agri City Info
      27/01/2021
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      Le Progrès
      20/09/2021
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      L’Express Hors-Série (été 2022)
      01/06/2022
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      02/06/2022
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