Château Léoube joins B Corp ranks
The Bamford family-owned Provence estate has gained B Corp certification, recognising its environmental and social business practices beyond the vineyard.
Organic Provence producer Château Léoube has achieved B Corp certification, scoring 92.7 in the assessment process.
The certification recognises the estate’s environmental stewardship, governance, transparency and social impact, building on more than 30 years of sustainable farming and business practices across its 560-hectare coastal property.
According to the estate, more than 75% of Château Léoube is intentionally left wild and uncultivated to support biodiversity.
The producer’s 70-hectare vineyard, located within the protected Cap Bénat estate, has been certified organic since 2010 and gained High Environmental Value (HVE) certification in 2020. The vineyard is managed according to organic and biodynamic principles.
Sustainability milestone
Owned by the Bamford family, Château Léoube said the certification formalises practices already embedded across the business, from the vineyard and winery to its olive groves, offices and beachside restaurant, Café Léoube.
Carole Bamford, founder, said: “Achieving B Corp Certification is a proud milestone that reflects the hard work and dedication of the entire Château Léoube team – from our organic vineyard and winery to the olive groves, offices and beachside restaurant, Café Lêoube. It recognises the integrity of our organic practices, as guided by our winemaker, Romain Ott, and reinforces our longstanding commitment to sustainable viticulture: nurturing the soil, preserving artisan traditions, protecting our terroir and above all, working in harmony with nature.”
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The estate said its vineyard team combines traditional and innovative techniques to maintain soil health, including cover crops, wild seed banks, free-grazing sheep and the use of natural composts and manures.
Romain Ott, head winemaker, added: “Working with a deep respect for nature is part of Léoube’s DNA – it’s the way we have instinctively worked for decades. B Corp has helped us to formalise and champion our sustainable credentials across all aspects of work at the estate as well as giving us a platform to communicate about the importance of organic, regenerative and conscious farming.”
Circular initiatives
Château Léoube has also expanded circular initiatives across the estate, repurposing surplus grape pulp into distilled gin, olive pomace into natural soaps and leftover grape skins into grape leather.
Its beachside restaurant, Café Léoube, works with a local collective to compost all bio-waste, producing 1,500kg of compost in 2025. The estate also organises regular beach clean-ups to remove plastics and waste from the shoreline.
The producer said a zero-irrigation policy remains in place across the vineyard, while its wetlands are maintained as part of an ongoing focus on water conservation in response to climate change.
Château Léoube said the B Corp certification provides a framework for future sustainability projects and reinforces its wider commitment to environmentally led estate management.
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