"As a teenager, Jean-Michel left home to work in the vineyards for a certain M. Brun in the Beaujolais, where he discovered a passion for vineyards and winemaking, as well as a friendship with the young Jean-Paul Brun. In 1986, Jean-Michel decided to plant his own vineyards and produced his first harvest in 1991. For the first few years, he sold the grapes off to Guigal, then eventually produced his first wine in 1994. The following year, he began certified organic farming, though the vineyards had been farmed as such since the beginning. Jean Michel’s wines have always been produced from organically-farmed fruit and vinified with nothing added – both of which were unheard of in the region at the time. Even though the family farm was strictly conventional, Jean-Michel was always interested in organic farming for reasons that he can’t explain." - Importer Note