Thibaut-Janisson Wine Dinner

Join us to welcome winemaker Claude Thibaut for a wine dinner featuring his world-class sparkling wines alongside a four-course meal!

We are incredibly excited and honored to have Claude Thibaut join us at Vermilion this month! The Thibaut-Janisson sparkling wines have stood as evidence of the potential of Virginia wines for years. Their quality and consistency have helped to raise the Virginia wine industy to the success it is now seeing.

Thibaut-Janisson was born from a long friendship that began in a Grand Cru village in the Champagne region of France. Thibaut and his friend Manuel Janisson, both from champagne-producing families in the town, started in the family businesses at a young age.

Thibaut came to Charlottesville with his wife in 2003 to consult at Kluge Estate Winery. In 2005, after seeing the potential for Virginia sparkling wine, Thibaut and Janisson began their joint venture, and in 2007 they had the first release of their nonvintage Blanc de Chardonnay. Virginia Fizz sparkling wine followed in the spring of 2011, the X-Tra Brut in 2013, and the Blanc de Noirs in 2015. Their success has caught the attention of other winemakers around the world and inspired many to come to Virginia to produce world-class wines.

Thibaut’s career spans 25 years of expertise in all aspects of winemaking with valuable years spent in major wine markets including his native France, Australia and California. Since he graduated over two decades ago from the University of Reims in the heart of France’s Champagne region, Thibaut has demonstrated superlative ability in the production of premium sparkling winemaking in regions outside of France.