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2 Generations

of winemakers

Fortuné Piche

Winemaker & Owner

“I was born in 1928 in the family home, and never moved out. I wake up every morning in the room I was born in. I have always lived in La Cadière d’Azur. I worked the vine, and the day my grandson offered to join me on the farm, I knew that the succession was assured.

I feel a lot of pride in passing on this heritage and this savoir-faire to my grandson. His arrival gave me the boost that I had long been waiting for.

I am proud of him, of us, of our loyal employees, of all those who have marked the history of our domain and our family by their involvement and their work .”

 

 

Mr. Piche, 1928-2025

Cédric Gravier - Vigneron au Domaine la Suffrène

Cédric Gravier

Winemaker & Owner

“I left Marseille to join the family farm in La Cadière d’Azur at the age of 23, in 1996. My grandparents belonged to a long line of vine growers, and as a kid I came to visit on weekends. As a city boy I had, like everyone else at the time, a rather rustic vision of the agricultural world.

After graduating high school, I had the opportunity to stydy in the USA for a year. There, I truly understood the unique image of French culture abroad, and in particular its gastronomy.

Subsequent travels the following years, cemented my desire to dedicate my life to our wine heritage, and to make my culture know far and wide.

Today I’m lucky to work at the heart of a beautiful, sunny region, with a generous nature. It is this generosity, this terroir that I want to share through the wines and the olive oil that we produce at La Suffrène. “


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