Grégoire Perron

Grégoire Perron, a young and discreet winemaker, has been working since 2010 in Journans in the Ain region, on a two-hectare micro estate located in the heart of the Bugey region. After 15 years of experience in viticulture, Grégoire modestly took over vines with a heavy chemical past, but having known ploughing a long time ago. Then he began the conversion to organic and biodynamic viticulture : the plots are grassed, worked and harvested by hand. The grass is mowed from spring to harvest, then the Thones sheep (Martod and Soay) take over to maintain the rows and naturally fertilize the vines with their droppings. At the same time, he set up his négoce : Le Foudre d’Escampette, and bought different grape varieties in Burgundy and Savoy. The result is good but the production is only about 6000 bottles… Confidential cuvées that deserve to be in the spotlight !