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Since 2014, under the leadership of its managing director, David Liorit, Château Petit Val has made the fusion of tradition, innovation, and elegance its DNA. Meet a man in constant search of challenges. You are the managing director of Château Petit Val. What was your career path before arriving at the Château? After studying viticulture, oenology, wine commerce, and agricultural management, I enrolled at the Derenoncourt school, where I learned to break away from traditional academic foundations to bring my own style to wine. I then became the general manager of a group of shareholders... Read more
Portraits of winegrowers
Like other famous widows in Champagne, widow Godart has grown vines and wines during the war. In 1962 she is rejoined by her son Paul who spent 28 years at Moët & Chandon. Her grandson...
Portraits of winegrowers
Since ten generations, the Legras family plough their nourishing land of Chouilly, at the heart of the Côte des Blancs area. Wine grower Pierre Legras was born there in 1662, grew vines and produced...
Portraits of winegrowers
Yves Couvreur is heir of ten generations of wine growers, on his father’s side as well as his mother’s! Since 1644, his ancestors plough the Rilly-la-Montagne vineyard classed First Growth. With not...
Portraits of winegrowers
After having studied law for ten years, Olivier Collin came back to his lands to create his brand of Champagne “Ulysse Collin”. He borrowed the name of one of his ancestors of the 19th century as a...
Portraits of winegrowers
According to the cellar masters, the vessel has to bring a supplement of seduction. The glass is to wine what a model is to Haute Couture! “The greatest Wine Houses need time for the elaboration of...
Portraits of winegrowers
Mathieu Béraut, can you present us Domaine de Pellehaut? Domaine de Pellehaut is located in the village of Montréal du Gers at the heart of the Armagnac region and covers 500 ha out of which...