Cultivating vines and producing wine is sometimes a family heritage, but it can also be a budding passion for people who were not born in the world of viticulture. And if taking over from your parents is not always an easy task, starting from scratch is quite an adventure. It takes willpower and patience, like Nelly and Arnaud, who created their own estate, the Family of Boel France, in the north of the Rhône valley, on the Ardèche side, in 2016.
The Belgian and the Breton met in New Zealand, when they were putting their winemaking skills to the test at the service of local estates. When they returned to France in 2011, they settled down in the Rhône Valley and first worked as employees before launching. Creating their structure, cultivating their vines, developing their own cuvées were a dream. But the price of plots is often prohibitive for young people who want to settle. Nelly France and Arnaud De Boel took their time, planted vines in the garden of their Ardèche house in Lemps, acquired plots in the south of the department, and started working on small plots of land located in prestigious appellations, Cornas and Saint Joseph.
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