Sandstone Amphorae & Jars
for wines, beers and spirits ageing

Handcrafted - Capacities from 80 to 1200L

We bring our expertise, derived from over 10 years of experience and scientific studies, to winemakers, brewers, and distillers.

Exploring the world to discover artisans with ancestral know-how and exceptional materials, we offer containers made of

TERRACOTTA , STONEWARE, TECHNICAL CERAMICS and GRANITE

to help you create unique beverages, more natural and reflecting your identity.

We offer the most diverse range on the amphora market, rich in various materials, volumes, and shapes.

We precisely meet the specific needs of our clients through a careful selection and adaptation of containers.

From the composition of the jars, the choice of shapes, to the origin of their manufacture, we ensure total traceability, thus guaranteeing transparency and quality.

As a human-sized company, we support our clients from the first consultation to after-sales follow-up, providing bespoke expertise.

In 2024, to mark our openness to the world of creators of all kinds of quality beverages, Vin et Terre becomes V&T AMPHORES.

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The human touch

Like wine making, it is human touch that shapes each of our jars.
A true artisanal know-how in the greatest respect of traditions. Just as every beverage you create is unique, so is every jar.

Our jars are hand-crafted with extracted natural clays from renowned quarries.

Conceived and designed by Vin & Terre, our sandstone range of containers benefits from the ancestral and unique Chinese craft know-how.

Natural Stoneware

Our natural ceramics, composed of an inorganic material, are used to :

Facilitate gentle micro-oxygenation.
Preserve fruit quality and authenticity of aromas.
Promote ionic exchanges and special tactile qualities, adding a unique touch to beverages.
Craft special vintages.
Achieve a light, fruity, and easily digestible characteristic.
Convey delicacy, minerality and freshness.
Enhance hygiene by limiting or eliminating inputs.
Provide good thermal insulation.
Superior durability compared to barrels

NEW

In our quest for excellence, we created
one in one of the noblest materials the planet has given us :

Granite

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OUR QUALITY

Natural clay

Vin et Terre has chosen a ceramic based on natural clay extracted directly from a quarry.

Know-how

Our clay has a thousand-year-old history and is worked by hand by potters with ancestral know-how in food containers.

Traceability

Our jars have a batch number which ensures the traceability from the clay extracted from the quarry to the amphora in your cellar.

Our jars meet the European directives for ceramics intended for food contact

Amphorae

We often speak of "Amphora" when it comes to ageing or winemaking in terracotta containers.

In reality, it is more appropriate to speak of jars, because an amphora is only a small step in the long history of the jar ( a large clay container, with a wide mouth, ovoid shape and without handles ).

As for the amphora, which appeared in the 3rd-4th millennium BCE, it is a vase with two handles, usually finished at its lower part by a point or a narrow foot and which was used mainly for the transport and storage of foodstuffs. For single use, the amphora was at the time the equivalent of today’s bottle.

Yet this is the word you chose to define these containers.