John lived in just outside Paris from 1958-1962 while his father was stationed in France. He learned to appreciate French food, wine and the way of life at a very young age, and transmitted this love to his kids.
John-Paul moved to France more than a decade ago to work for a few months as a tour guide. In 2009, John-Paul hosted dinners at his apartment focusing on French regional cuisine, which eventually led to the creation of the successful Culinary Tours of Paris in 2010.
After conducting hundreds of tastings and tours for several thousand clients, we decided to pool together our knowledge to create F & R Wine Imports, LLC., to provide some of France’s best organic and natural wine to an ever growing market in the United States.
John-Paul visits several natural wine fairs per year all over France, whether in Languedoc, Beaujolais, Provence, or in Paris. We spend time getting to know all of our winemakers, visiting them at their homes and seeing how they work in the vines. They have all become our friends over the years and we are very pleased to be able to share the wines of our friends with you!
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John-Paul harvesting Gamay in Beaujolais
John tasting wine in Burgundy
St. Louis
- Where to Find our Wines -
Parker's Table at Oakland and Yale
The Wine and Cheese Place- Clayton
Starrs
Vicia
Brasserie by Niche
Local Harvest Grocery
The Wine and Cheese Place- Rock Hill
Bistro La Floraison
The Wine Merchant, Ltd.
33 Wine Bar
Cork & Rind
Union Loafers
The Wine and Cheese Place- Creve Coeur
Olive + Oak
Maypop Coffee and Garden Shop
Civil Life Brewing Company
Winslow's Table
Bulrush
Wild Carrot
Chateau Maplewood
iNDO
Yellowbelly
Blood & Sand
Little Fox
Akar
The Scottish Arms
Gezellig
The Side Project Cellar
Columbia
Kansas City
Beet Box
The Antler Room
The Pairing
Fox & Pearl
The Campground
Tannin
The Town Company at Hotel KC
Louie
Room 39
Big Mood Natural Wines
Civil Alchemy
Underdog Wine Co.- Crestwood
Buffalo State Pizza Co.- Crossroads
Pastaria Deli & Wine
The Lucky Accomplice
Beast Butcher & Block
Westport Café
Pizzeria da Gloria
Saint Louis Hop Shop
Mike's Wine & Spirits- Brookside
Tempus
Le Macaron
Clover & the Bee
Clayton Wine House
Mike's Wine & Spirits- Westport
Ça Va
Timothy's The Restaurant
Wines by Jennifer
Seven Swans Crêperie
Springfield
Cherry Picker Package X Fare
Harvest
Progress
Grand Spirits Bottle Company
Perennial on Lockwood
Bowood by Niche
Brass Bar
Jalea
Salve Osteria
'ssippi
Distributors (outside of MO)
Rocksteady Spirits (California)
Our Winemakers
Henri and theo Milan
Géraldine and Méryl Croizier/ La Vrille et Le Papillon
Ludovic Bonnelle and Magali Tissot/ Domaine du Pech
Stéphanie Olmeta and Jean-Laurent SAvelli
Côme Isambert
Franck and Isabelle Pascal
Aurélien Petit/Le Petit Domaine.
Sylvère Trichard/Séléné
Paul Perarnau and Willy Roulendes/AMI
Jérémie Illouz
Wilfried VALAT/ La Nouvelle Don(N)E
Luc, Claudine, and Loren Tisserand/ Terres de ROA
Jean-Louis, Fabienne, and Sébastien MAnn
Stéphanie Berecz/ Kikelet Pince
Julien Voogt/Château Brandeau
Céline Oulié/Les Mets D'Âmes
Eddy and Mileine Oosterlinck/Domaine de Juchepie
Jonathan and Nina Pabiot
Rémi and Patricia Bonneton/Alezan
Nicolas Renaud/ Clos des Grillons
Anne Rouxelin/ Domaine Ansodelles
David Landron/ Domaine Passe Pont
Our Philosophy
What makes our wines special?
-The French producers with whom we are working are some of the more sought-after organic and natural wine producers in France itself.
-These producers are all small, environmentally conscious winemakers, many of whom have had little exposure in the United States.
-All are at the very least practicing organic, if not biodynamic and/or natural, winemaking techniques.
-Minimal intervention in the winemaking process- no pesticides, no additives, no enzymes, no chaptalisation, only indigenous yeasts, minimal amounts of sulphur used, if any at all…
