What is in a name? La Verrière is the French name for a glass-making workshop and our property was named as such by the nobleman, Aliot de Montvin (one of our white wines is named after him), in 1427. It is thought he moved his mobile furnaces here to make use of the nearby forests to keep them burning at the high temperatures required for making glass. This fired (excuse the pun) our interest in glassmaking so we wanted to share with you some history about how glass is made and how this art evolved particularly in France.