Jean-Luc Colombo has forged an international reputation as one of the most a visionary and imaginative winemakers in France’s Rhone Valley and especially in Cornas. Les Abeilles (The bees) is a blend of southern Rhone grapes, giving this medium-bodied, velvety wine intriguing aromas and flowers of red fruit, licorice and spice against a backdrop of smouth, silky tannies. Sole U.S. agent. Bee Helpful. This wine is named for bees – those crucial yet fragile creatures which play an essential role in biodiversity through pollination. Sadly their hives are threatened by a mysterious condition called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). The Colombo family keeps their own hives in the Rhone Valley & actively supports research to eradicate the threat against bees by donating a portion of the sale of this bottle to honey-bee research. Learn more at: www.beehelpfulprogram.com.