Clos du Val Wine Co

At Clos du Val, we believe that wine is a love letter to all that is beautiful in this world. And our founders John and Henrietta Goelet, together with winemaker Bernard Portet, set out to write one of the best. It was the early 1970s in France; John and Henrietta were occupied with traveling the world, supporting the arts, and forging new businesses. A visionary spirit connected their many passions. Above all else, the two adored French wines. They dreamt of founding a winery outside the insular world of the French wine industry, and sought new ways of sharing their love for French-style wines with the world. At the time, it was a daring ideafine wine was still synonymous with France, and it was widely believed that nowhere else on earth could rival such terroir, tradition, and winemaking excellence. The Goelets were undaunted. The two challenged a young Bernard Portetfresh out of winemaking school and steeped in the Bordeaux traditionto travel the world and find a place to g...