Sieur d'Arques

Laurent Lechat, directeur général Sieur d'Arques is a wine producer cooperative located in Limoux in the Languedoc-Roussillon area of France.

[2][3] It produces the Red Bicyclette brand of wine, marketed in the United States by E & J Gallo Winery.

[4] Current executives include Maurice Lautard, chairman; Laurent Lechat, general manager; Guilhem Marty, technical director.

[1] In 1531, Benedictine monks in the Abbaye de Saint-Hilaire (a neighbouring commune of Limoux) noticed that bubbles had appeared in fermenting wine.

[6][7][8][9] Sieur d'Arques sponsors the annual Toques et Clochers gastronomy festival in Aude.