For more than a century, Château de Beaucastel, a vineyard in Provence, has produced some of France’s finest Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône. During much of that time, owners Jacques and Marguerite Perrin followed the biodynamic practices of philosopher Rudolf Steiner, expanding the winery in the 1950s to increase quantity and quality. All the while, the couple lived in the vineyard’s historic stone house, Marguerite remaining long after Jacques’s death in 1978, and resisting change to it or the architecture. “Once I’m gone,” she told her grandchildren, “you can do as you please.”
Source: Château de Beaucastel: A Historic French Vineyard Champions Sustainable Design | Architectural Digest