Saint-Emilion Vineyard

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

Saint-Émilion is a medieval village in the Gironde department of southwestern France, about 40 kilometres east of Bordeaux on the right bank of the Dordogne River. The surrounding vineyards cover roughly 7,800 hectares across eight communes.

In 1999 UNESCO inscribed the Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion as the first vineyard landscape on the World Heritage List, recognising the continuous wine-growing tradition since Roman times, the medieval village above the vineyards, and the monolithic underground architecture cut from local limestone.

The Église Monolithe is the largest underground church in Europe, carved out of a single block of limestone between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It is thirty-eight metres long and twenty metres wide. The bell tower above the village marks its position from outside.

The appellation produces Bordeaux red wine, primarily from Merlot with Cabernet Franc and smaller amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon. The classification ranks the top estates as Premier Grand Cru Classé A and B, then Grand Cru Classé, and is revised approximately every ten years.

The vendange usually runs from late September into early October, depending on the vintage. The Jurade, a wine confraternity dating to 1199, formally proclaims the Ban des Vendanges from the King's Tower to signal the start of harvest across the appellation.

The village takes its name from a Breton monk named Émilion who arrived in the eighth century and lived as a hermit in a cave in the limestone cliff. The town grew around the hermitage, with most of its surviving stone dating from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

The cellars, called carrières, are quarry galleries cut over centuries to extract building stone. Their stable cool temperature and high humidity now serve the châteaux for ageing wine in barrel and bottle. Some galleries are open to the public on guided tours.

It carries well as a gift for anyone with a connection to Saint-Émilion or to Bordeaux more broadly — a sommelier, a long-time client of a particular château, a friend who keeps a cellar. A Keepsake or Small with a handwritten note from the studio is the usual choice.

The painted limestone tones and the deep wine reds suit French Country, Old World, and warm Maximalist rooms. The jewel-tone reds also read well against linen-white walls in a Modern Provençal or Wine Country interior, where a single Medium or Large becomes the focal point.

A single Large reads well above a console; for a sofa the Mural format (four tiles) is the usual scale, and the nine-tile Mural is the right size for a long dining-room wall. The Triptych works for narrower verticals like a stairwell or a hallway end.

Yes, in either Dura Satin or Matte finish. The Dura Satin handles steam, splashes, and the occasional wipe-down. A four-tile Mural makes a strong backsplash behind a wine bar or a tasting bench, and the colour deepens in warm lamplight.

A soft microfibre cloth and water are enough for the Glossy finish. For Dura Satin or Matte in a kitchen or wine room, add a drop of mild dish soap if needed. Avoid abrasive pads and ammonia-based cleaners; the colour lives in the surface and is durable but not industrial.

Yes. Every piece comes out of our Knoxville studio. Reid paints in a distinctive stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language that belongs to the studio alone, and the painting is then slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, beneath a thin glossy finish. The work is not licensed to anyone.

It suits wine bars, tasting rooms, and private cellars. The four-tile Mural scales for a feature wall; a single Large works behind a tasting bar; the Coaster Set lives directly on the bar top. All three finishes are food-safe, and Dura Satin holds up best to a working room.