To the north of Mount Ventoux lies the town of Nyons, tucked into the hillside and dotted with olive trees of a single local variety known as the Tanche. Planted by the Romans, these olives have been cultivated here for nearly two thousand years. Beneath the groves lie rounded limestone stones, similar to those found in nearby Châteauneuf du Pape. And like that famous village to the south, Grenache, Syrah, and other Mediterranean varieties have long been planted among the slopes of Nyons.

This is where the project of La Ferme du Pasteur takes root, at the meeting point of olives and vines. It is a landscape shaped by sharp Mediterranean sun, persistent mistral winds, and foothills that begin to rise toward the Alps. Cold rivers cut through narrow canyons on their way west to the Rhône, and eventually south to the sea.

The farm itself sits on a sculpted terrace where Rhône influence fades and Mont Ventoux rises in the distance. Standing there, one feels exposed to light and wind, aware of the way the rounded stones at one’s feet absorb heat during the day and release it slowly at night. Old Grenache vines, planted some eighty five years ago, cling to this otherwise olive dominated land. This is Ferme Brès, a family olive farm with more than two centuries of history. The vines beneath it form a quieter extension of that lineage, now shaped by the seventh generation, Rémy Kaneko and his partner Caroline Connolly.