Founded in 1863 by Frédéric MUGNIER, a liqueur-maker in Dijon, at the beginning of the 20th century the estate comprised almost twenty hectares spread over Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-saint-Georges. It was run jointly with the liqueur factory by Frédéric’s sons and grandsons until 1949. Before the creation of appellations d’origine in 1878, the estate’s wines were…

Discover the film “La naissance d’un vin” from the Mugnier estate.

We have all been stunned by the events of this year, and they raise many questions on the organization of society. Will the world be different after COVID ? To a small extent, probably. Will it be better or worse ? I do not know. In France, as in many other countries, we have all…

His violin (well his other violin, not the stradivarius) is called “Don Quixote”. Who knows why… David Grimal founded the orchestra “Les Dissonances” at Christmas 2003 with leading musician friends for a first audience of homeless people. The orchestra has grown and aroused enthusiasm: presse David Grimal has one requirement: ethics, in music and in…

Masanobu Fukuoka is an agricultural engineer who, in materially and morally ruined post-war Japan, goes to live as a hermit in the mountains. To grow food alone, he invented, in opposition to his education and all his previous experience, what he called “wild agriculture”. We can imagine that rice cultivation is one of the most…

A new insecticide has been certified in 2008 for organic farming and viticulture : it is called Success or Spinosad. It is produced by Dow Chemical Company, formely known as Union Carbide.

We wish, like many others, to practice responsible viticulture, and this did not begin yesterday.With our domaine, after progressive adaptation and not without risks, we have ceased to use industrial fertilisers since 1987, weed killers since 1990 and insecticides since 1996.

“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity” (Glenn Gould) “There is a lot of piano playing going on here, and I mean that as the most disparaging comment possible” (Glenn Gould, about his first recording…