It was in the heart of the “Montagne de Reims”, in Bouzy, that our family business began in 1923 with Fernand DAUVERGNE and Hubert BARON.
In 1927, they joined forces with other winegrowers from Bouzy to create the “Coopérative Viticole Defynlieu”, the first winegrowing cooperative in Champagne.
A few years later, my grandparents Madeleine BARON and Michel DAUVERGNE created their own Champagne brand. From that moment, Michel, his son Hubert and now myself shouldered the company.
In 1945, Michel bought new land and diversified the business into cereal farming.
30 years later, Hubert took over the business, but only looked after the winegrowing side, leaving his brother to look after the farming. Hubert concentrated on developing production and commercialization.
In the 1980s, my mother, Eliane, wanted to make a special bottle to pay tribute to the Champagne flower: the daisy, which is now our symbol.. And so, in 1983, the Cuvée Fine Fleur was born, the signature of Champagne Baron Dauvergne.
In 2005, after obtaining my certificate in Viticulture and Oenology in Bordeaux, France, I came to manage our family brand.
In 2011, the “Baron Dauvergne” brand was created as a tribute to my great-grandparents.
