Guillaume Lefèvre

Guillaume Lefèvre, and Karina, his wife and business partner, are the force behind Domaine de Sulauze, an ecosystem of 31 ha in the hills of Aix-en-Provence. Nothing predestined this Marseille-born man to choose a farmer’s life, but after travelling extensively and earning a diploma in viti-oeno, at 26 y.o. he was taken by a “desire to lay down roots”. Soon after founding his estate with Karina, they started converting it to organic, and then in 2006, biodynamic viticulture. Guillaume, who always loved plants (as a kid, he’d ask Santa for seeds), was strongly influenced by Jean-Paul Thévenet, Jean-Pierre Frick and Patrick Meyer. Attached to their terroir but open to the world, the estate hosts travellers through the WWOOF organic farm-stay network, who help them care for their 500-tree olive grove and their 3 ha of heritage wheat grown for their beer brewing activity. It is even possible to get married at the estate...well, for us at Pur Jus, the answer is YES – we’re in love with these wines!