WOODBERRY WINES - Key Persons
Nicolas Idiart, founder of Maison Idiart is also the winemaker. He grew up with the love of wine a passion he shared with his father and Grandfather. He graduated from Bordeaux, winemaking school, Blanquefort, at 19 years old (youngest graduate winemaker ever)! Nicolas passion for Loire wines brought him to work in Chinon, Touraine, Muscadet but also in Australia and New Zealand. After several years travelling the world, he moved to the sales side of the wine business, mainly in North America. Now at 33 years old after 7 years of sales, he decided to go back to winemaking with an artisan approach: small batches, hand crafted wines shaped by the mind and hands of a contemporary winemaker.