At Saint Jean Pied de Port, in the heart of the Basque Country, where the mountain meets the sea, the Brana family has been making wines and spirits since 1897. This is why, Etienne Brana, encouraged by his son, Jean, in 1974 set up a fruit distillery and planted Williams Pear trees on the slopes, thereby creating the Brana domaine on the sunny slopes of Mount Arradoy that dominates the valley of Saint Jean Pied de Port.