{"id":3914,"date":"2026-10-09T07:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.chateaupapounan.fr\/?page_id=3914"},"modified":"2026-10-27T20:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:41:42","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/notre-histoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Story<\/h1>\n
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We lived a fairly international life before settling in the M\u00e9doc region. Saint-Est\u00e8phe<\/a>. We lived on the East Coast of the United States for 23 years, where we had originally moved for work. After more than two decades in America, we lived near Zurich in Switzerland for three years, then spent six years in Spain near Madrid. When we had to return to France in 2021, we chose the Bordeaux region because it offers easy connections to Paris and London, where Jacques still has to travel from time to time for work. We love being so close to Beaches of the Atlantic<\/a>. Although none of us is originally from this region, we quickly fell in love with the M\u00e9doc, its vineyards, its beaches, and its diverse landscapes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lunch on the Arcachon basin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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The Vines<\/h2>\n
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During our search for a house in the Bordeaux region, we fell instantly in love with this one. Ch\u00e2teau Papounan<\/a>. A major decisive factor was the 20-acre vineyard that came with the property \u2013 we couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to try our hand at wine-growing and participate in the M\u00e9doc wine tradition.<\/p>\n

We have decided to continue the activity of bed and breakfasts<\/a> That the previous owners had developed it. It was a wonderful opportunity to share our new home with travelers from all over the world. We signed for the house in October 2022, and welcomed our first visitors just three months later for New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

Since then, we have learned the rhythm of hospitality and viticulture, from winter pruning to harvesting. grape harvest<\/a> in September, when our grapes join those of the local cooperative to produce the "\u00ab Marquis of Saint-Est\u00e8phe<\/a>. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Our vines are grown according to the principles of organic farming: we only use products approved for organic use. It is one part of our approach to sustainable tourism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Akyra & Amarok<\/h2>\n
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We share our home with two adorable dogs with very distinct personalities. Akyra is our Patou<\/a> 7 years old (Pyrenean Mountain Dog), and it\u2019s pure happiness \u2013 sweet, kind and wonderfully cuddly.<\/p>\n

Its only \u00abflaw,\u00bb if one can call it that, is its instinct to bark to let people know they need to get out of the way \u2013 it\u2019s simply in its genes as a race that traditionally protects sheep from wolves in the mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Akyra,<\/div>\n

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\"Amarok,<\/p>\n

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Our latest companion is a Alaskan malamute<\/a> His name is Amarok. He is 3 years old and a sociable dog who loves people and other dogs \u2014 sometimes a little too enthusiastic! He won't hesitate to shower you with licks to show you how happy he is to meet you.<\/p>\n

Although they live on our side of the house, our two dogs are always delighted to welcome visitors who wish to meet them. They love their daily walks in the vineyards and, in winter, when the tourists have deserted the region, their frenzied runs on the beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Notre Histoire Nous avons v\u00e9cu une vie assez internationale avant de nous installer dans le M\u00e9doc \u00e0 Saint-Est\u00e8phe. Nous avons pass\u00e9 23 ans sur la c\u00f4te Est des \u00c9tats-Unis, o\u00f9 nous avions d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 initialement pour le travail. Apr\u00e8s plus de deux d\u00e9cennies en Am\u00e9rique, nous avons v\u00e9cu pr\u00e8s de Zurich en Suisse pendant trois ans, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3914"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11083,"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3914\/revisions\/11083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chateaupapounan.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}