To be a winemaker is to be an artist... Our art will please some and turn others off. But as an artist, I am free, and that's the most important thing to me!

In the fight against intensive chemistry and overproduction without taste or smell...I also aim to recreate more biodiversity in my vineyard, by planting trees every year :)

The minimum in the vineyard ! Pruning is very gentle with 100% of the vines in Royat cordons , pulling the wood placed on the ground (which will decompose naturally to provide organic matter), tying and braiding. No trimming, no big tractors passing by, just my feet and my hands. We also have the particularity of having planted Gamay in Alsace but also of having recovered old plots of Alsatian hybrid grape varieties !

Concerning treatments: herbal teas and decoctions , a little Bordeaux mixture, sulfur (all in homeopathic doses ), the minimum! Because I study the micro-climates of the plots and measure the risks by never giving in to pressure "from others" announcing the worst....

More than 30% of the area without any treatment in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, another part left fallow voluntarily.

During the harvest, the hand-picked grapes are transported in small crates and these will be pressed by hand and arm in two old ratchet presses (made of wood).

The juice is then filled directly into the bucket into the old barrels of buried Georgian amphorae, into 60L glass demijohns or sometimes into stainless steel tanks.

Ultra-natural fermentation and aging , of course, no filtration or any other intervention and no inputs !!! Bottled by gravity by hand and without machine. Then the bottles are waxed one by one again by hand as well as the application of the label, bottle by bottle.

We welcome you to our home to taste our wines by simply contacting us (direct sales!) or via our website: Domaine Du Petit Bouchon - La Boutique

We also have a small apartment above the cellar to enjoy the peace and quiet of our house: La Grange Rénovée - Eichhoffen

Come see us!