Neither a sommelier nor an oenologist, Seiichi wanted above all to learn how to work the vines.

He spent four years working with Pinot Noir at Simon Bize’s vineyard, then learned about Chardonnay and biodynamic viticulture from Anne-Claude Leflaive. He experienced the finesse of Côte de Nuits terroirs with Frédéric Mugnier and Armand Rousseau, before setting up a restaurant with his wife in Beaune.

He returned to Savigny to hone his winemaking skills and refine his work in the vineyard. With the birth of his second daughter in 2016, he decided to make his winegrowing aspirations a reality, asserting his signature by starting a small négoce, then buying a few vines in Chorey-les-Beaune. Domaine Petit Roy was born.

“Old vines are treasures”, he says.

“I started to make wine, but I had no precise idea. Except that I don’t like tannic wines. I like fruit, suppleness, acidity and lightness.

Seiichi’s insatiable curiosity for elegance and finesse is evident in each of his vintages, and he also experiences it beyond Burgundy’s borders.

A Languedoc man with a Burgundian palate.

Clodéric Prade, a native of the region, manages DIVINEO’s vineyards in the Robiac valley, close to Saint-Mamert-du-Gard.

The Robiac valley, where he has part of his vineyard, offers a micro-climatic opportunity (altitude, forest environment) to bring lightness to the land of solar wines. Clodéric goes against conventional wisdom by freeing himself from tradition. “We have the advantage of very cool nights compared with other areas. By limiting maceration times, we’re able to express a lot of freshness.

In entrusting him with the management of the vines, DIVINEO can count on the qualities of a pioneer who has long understood the virtues of organic viticulture, biodynamics and agroforestry to counter the effects of global warming.

“By combining trees and vines, we put life back into the soil.

“By creating living corridors of vegetation, we install as many protections that help develop biodiversity and combat climatic jolts and the disadvantages of monoculture.” The Camargue horses and herons regularly seen in Robiac will not deny this.

The past is his future.

“I preferred to learn the winegrowing trade from little old men on the verge of retirement. I opted for know-how, not knowledge.

From the north to the south of Côte d’Or, Julien Petitjean has been a worker, a laborer, a team leader, a production and vineyard manager, before setting up on his own in 2012 at Domaine de la Roseraie.

A watchword: freedom.

The freedom to manage his vines using the virtues of biodynamic viticulture, the freedom to simplify vinification to the extreme (short macerations, semi-carbonic infusion, abolition of crushing, punching down and pumping over), the freedom to leave things to chance in favor of barrel ageing, which allows him to work on lees over the long term in small volumes.

These ancestral methods were already in use in the 13th century. A past full of common sense, which he has chosen to make his future. Immersing your nose and “tasting by mouth” his first cuvées, full of energy and freshness, is the best proof of this.

For Nicolas Perrault, wine is a family affair.

In 2012, after working as vineyard manager at Château de la Crée, he took over 4 hectares of the estate created by his grandfather in the 1940s. He turned it into a domaine bearing his own name, and established himself in Dezize-les-Maranges, at the southernmost tip of the Côte de Beaune, in a beautiful 15th-century winery.

A true enthusiast, Nicolas’ work is that of a goldsmith. He pampers his vines with biodynamic practices, harvests by hand and selects only the best grapes for his wines.

His vinifications are meticulous, tailor-made, to bring out the best in his terroirs vintage after vintage.

Elegance, balance and generosity characterize the wines of his domaine, as well as the Eclipse Blanche cuvée he will vinify for DIVINEO from the 2022 vintage.

Nicolas passes on his heritage, know-how and values to his sons Gabin and Thibault, who work alongside him, carrying on the family tradition.

Her Domaine was born of a desire to preserve her family heritage.

40 years ago, Aline’s mother settled on her great-grandfather’s few hectares of vines in the Côte Chalonnaise. She produced grapes for the Buxy cooperative winery.

Aline, cradled in a passion for wine and vines, chose to study oenology, and forged her skills at Château de la Crée, where she worked for 15 years, notably alongside Nicolas Perrault.

In 2018, the contract linking the family plot and the cooperative winery came to an end. This was an opportunity for Aline to realize one of her dreams: to make her own wine, from the vines that have belonged to her family for decades. The Domaine that bears her name was born.

She grows Chardonnay in the Montagny appellation, as well as Aligoté. She also produces red wines in the Santenay appellation. All this is done with the greatest respect for the environment, guiding the vines towards their best balance, without ever denaturing the plant or the soil. This philosophy extends to the winery, carved out of the rock at the heart of the Buxy ramparts.

It was only natural for DIVINEO to call on this expert in fresh, smooth white wines to vinify the Insolente Grenache cuvée.

The fifteenth generation of a long line of winemakers.

The history of Domaine Boursot Père & Fils goes back at least as far as 1550, with Guillaume Boursot already established in Chambolle-Musigny, where Jean-François Boursot opened a tasting cellar in 1974.

In 1984, Rémy Boursot took over the estate and its 4 hectares of vines, including 3 Premiers Crus de Chambolle-Musigny.

He passed on his passion to his two sons, Romaric and Romuald, the fifteenth generation of winemakers. Romaric is now in charge of the sales and marketing side of the estate, while Romuald has become vineyard manager and cellar master.

For them, true modernity is rooted in tradition. Attached to the know-how of their ancestors, the preservation of the terroir and the authenticity of the wines is the essence of all their practices. Organic inputs, manual harvesting, natural fermentation and even ageing in amphora are among the ancestral techniques they are keen to perpetuate.

An obvious harmony has emerged between DIVINEO and this estate renowned for its intense, complex yet balanced wines.

The story of a return to his roots.

Born into a family of winegrowers on the Côte de Beaune, Romain Chapuis initially chose to leave for other winegrowing horizons. After traveling and building his experience from Lebanon to Australia, he finally returned to France. In 2009, he and his brother Jean-Guillaume set up a trading house in Pommard, not far from the family estate.

Romain returned to his roots, working with grapes from prestigious appellations: Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, Saint-Romain, Volnay… But his adventurous spirit continues to express itself in daring cuvées, such as natural sparkling wines and Vins de France with a strong character.

Extremely attentive to the quality of the grapes, Romain chooses a minimalist approach to winemaking. With very little intervention and a lot of patience, he gives life to natural, sharp and fine wines.

Romain’s approach, which blends modernity and tradition, and his distinctive style immediately made us want to embark on the DIVINEO adventure.