Rochard Chateau Wine Crate and Taster Limoges Box

A rustic chateau wine crate filled with bottles, complete with a wine taster's cup, brings the cellars of France into a single porcelain piece. It is a Rochard design, a hand-painted Limoges box made in Limoges, France.

From the Chateau Cellar

The wine taster, or tastevin, is the shallow cup that sommeliers and cellar masters have used for generations to judge a young wine. Paired with a wooden crate of bottles, it tells the story of harvest, aging and that first careful sip in a cool stone cellar.

The Rochard Way

Rochard is one of the best-known names in modern Limoges boxes, admired for lively subjects and detailed painting. A wine crate gives the painters plenty to work with, from the rustic crate to the row of bottles it holds.

Uncorked and Ready

• A Rochard piece, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Fits a wine, vineyard or French chateau collection
• A fitting present for a sommelier, wine club member or vineyard host

Set it on a wine rack, a bar cart or a kitchen shelf beside a corkscrew collection. It makes a meaningful thank-you after a vineyard tour, a present for a couple who just built a cellar, or a toast to someone passing a sommelier exam.