{"id":945,"date":"2020-04-29T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.champagne-patis-paille.com\/notre-histoire-familiale-est-vieille-de-4-generations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:40:32","slug":"our-family-legacy-has-been-around-for-4-generations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.champagne-patis-paille.com\/en\/our-family-legacy-has-been-around-for-4-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Our family legacy has been around for 4 generations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first winemakers in the family really struggled to grow vines.<\/h3>\n

They had to go to farmers in the village to top up their income. Champagne gained popularity and small winemakers got together in cooperatives to make it their main business.<\/p>\n

Julien Paille<\/strong>, Christophe’s grandfather on his mother’s side, co-founded the one in La Neuville in 1956. The small businesses joined forces so they could buy equipment. They tended their vines independently, picked the grapes and brought them to the cooperative where the grapes were pressed and returned as bottles of champagne. The families could then sell the bottles that stated RC: R\u00e9coltant Coop\u00e9rateur (cooperative winemaker)<\/strong>. Virginie’s grandparents were part of the cooperative in Cuchery and Hautvillers.<\/p>\n

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From cooperative to independence.<\/h3>\n

Arlette and Jean Claude<\/strong> took over from Julien and Antoinette<\/strong> and, after several years, they decided to leave the cooperative and go it alone in 1991<\/strong>.
\nChristophe<\/strong> had just graduated in viticulture and had the skills they needed to make the move.
\nOnce we became a R\u00e9coltant Manipulant<\/strong>, we were in charge of every stage of winemaking, from vine to wine. We now grow vines on 8 hectares in La Neuville, Cuchery, Dormans and Hautvillers\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n