Clos Chanteduc is a hilltop property purchased by Patricia & Walter Wells in 1984. Patricia Wells – journalist, author, and cooking teacher – is an American who has lived in Paris since 1980. She is the author of 11 books, the only woman and only foreigner to serve as restaurant critic of the French newsweekly, L’Express and since 1980 she has been the food critic for the International Herald Tribune. Previously, she was a writer and editor for The Washington Post and The New York Times.

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Since purchasing their dream home, Walter and Patricia have renovated the sprawling provençal farmhouse converting it into a comfortable home as well as a cooking school. Surrounding their home is 7.5 hectares of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre on rocky, clay-limestone soils located just outside the ancient Roman town of Vaison-la-Romaine. For nearly a decade Patricia and Walter relied on a local estate in Vaison-la-Romaine to make their wine. When their neighbor retired in 2006 Yves Gras of the famed Domaine Santa Duc in nearby Gigondas took over the management of the vineyard as well as the winemaking.