Martin Pouret - Vinegar from Orléans
Maison Martin-Pouret is the oldest artisanal vinegar producer in the world and the only one that still uses the traditional Orléans method of producing wine vinegar in oak barrels.
Founded in 1797, the house was acquired in 2019 by two French gastronomy enthusiasts who made it their mission to revive the "sleeping beauty".
Both came from large corporations and had spent most of their careers abroad before deciding to return to France to promote the values and expertise of small and medium-sized French businesses.
They overhauled the entire brand strategy with the aim of making it the undisputed benchmark for French quality condiments both at home and abroad.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the traditional method of transforming wine into vinegar that established the house's reputation.
While industrial wine vinegar is produced in less than 48 hours, the master vinegar makers at Martin-Pouret take more than a year to produce theirs, respecting the fermentation and maturation times in oak barrels.
