French nuns in bid to sell 9,000 bottles of rosé wine by Monday
Abbey sisters place Divine Box wine online after usual fairs cancelled by Covid
22 April 2021
By Connexion journalist
Nuns in southeast France have turned to the internet in a bid to sell 9,000 bottles of rosé wine from their estate.
The wine - an addition to the nuns repertoire this year - was intended to be sold alongside two well-established reds they produce and sell at wine fairs near the Abbaye de Jouques, Bouches-du-Rhône.
But the events - including the prestigious Salon des Vins d Abbaye in Paris - have been cancelled due to Covid-19, leaving the enterprising religieuses scratching their heads in search for a plan B.