CAVE RUTHÈNE

Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 12pm and from 2pm to 7pm; Saturday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 7pm. Tuesday to Saturday: 9h15-12h15 and 14h15-19h15 for the Rodez boutique.

It is on the heights of the Aveyron piton in the late 50's, that the story of Bonnefous Wines began. After many professional activities, André held the village café and became the village's official wine merchant. Feeling that the wine business could be interesting, he and his son, who shares the same name, André, started the business for a few years. While the father returned to the café in the Monastery, André, driving his small truck, continued to travel the roads of the Aveyron region to deliver table wine directly from his barrels to individuals or small village businesses, then later in bottles, which he filled every day in his cellar.

As demand grew, André decided it was time to invest and secure his family's future. In 1964, he bought a warehouse located in the center of Rodez, in the rue Combarel. This was a very strategic location at the time, parallel to the central artery of Rodez and facing the hospital. He also invested in a bottling line to automate his activity.

A few years later, in 1977, he bought the walls of the restaurant next to the warehouse. This allowed him to finally open a store, to receive private customers and to propose other wines already bottled by the winegrowers coming from all over France.

The year 1989 marks an essential turning point for the company. A commercial area was being studied on the outskirts of the city of Rodez, and André seized the opportunity to build a warehouse and a second store. At the same time, the company under the name of Cave Ruthène was officially created. The storage capacity being much larger in these new premises, new references are introduced and in parallel the sale and delivery to professionals is developed.

Five years later, Pierre Bonnefous, André's son, joined the family business. In 2006, the Moutiers structure was expanded and the historic store on rue Combarel was completely redesigned in 2016.

With more than 60 years of existence, the Cave Ruthène has 15 employees and after having conquered its Aveyron lands, it is now taking its first steps on the web.