Since I was a teenager, reading and meeting people have nourished me and allowed me to be introduced to so many people and things. I studied history and geography in Reims with enthusiasm, then history of art and archeology at the Louvre, and finally museology. I had originally decided to specialize in Merovingian archeology , a field free to be explored then!

I jumped into concrete things at my come back, without any specific wine training -my husband Christophe being an engineer: we were in the same boat! We learned from friends, colleagues and growers . But we learned mostly on the job by practising. These responsibilities forced me to expose myself in ways I had never imagined. I soon realised that sensitivity, curiosity and sometimes even doubt could be assets in many types of situations, and even more particularly when blending our cuvées.

Everything changes and the challenges are numerous: we must observe, listen, learn and think about the long term in order to be able to act (rather than react) in the best possible way for the future of our appellation and of our House. Opening our doors to the public was a wonderful recent plan, after many years of thought with our sons, so that our visitors get to live authentic experiences and moments of shared joy.

As a 23 years old student in Paris, I did have nearly no professional experience when I decided to take over the house , with my husband, following the sudden death of my father (and unfortunately instead of my brother Eric who was very ill at the time). The decision was not easy to take but I quickly realized that my father has taught me to be openminded and passed on values which helped me in each difficult moment. Over the many years since, I have learned a lot , including a lot about myself. Above all, I discovered that the passion for the Champagne wine and for the Champagne region were graved in both body and heart !

I did run a small company, which forced me to be very versatile, to exercise several jobs at the same time, to constantly evolve, to meet people of all kinds, to travel a lot. It was not a path strewn with roses and the load was sometimes very heavy, resulting in moments of great loneliness, even though I was lucky to have my husband by my side.

In France, I became interested in direct marketing and, in 1988, I created and developed a mail order service, which became multichannel after the opening of our first merchant site in 1997. This very rich universe has enabled me to forge very strong direct links with our French customers.

Our sons Florent and Lionel chose to join us in 2010 and, after 10 years of teamwork, I passed the reins of the house to them recently with emotion and pride.