Castel Group Ethiopia Crown Winery

France's largest wine company established Castel Ethiopia to produce accessible wines from the Rift Valley's high-altitude vineyards. Crown and Axumite brands represent the first large-scale international-quality wine production in sub-Saharan Africa's oldest wine culture.

Castel Ethiopia's wines have appeared in French supermarkets and earned positive reviews in the European press, demonstrating that Ethiopia's altitude-moderated Rift Valley can produce internationally competitive wines from French varieties at genuinely affordable prices.