My tastings, my meetings, my studies allowed me to see that there were excellent wines all over the world. The estate's project is to produce and sell what we cultivate in a virtuous way. After several failures to take over vines in Burgundy, I turned to Beaujolais. Fan of winegrowers like Foillard, Desvignes or Thivin, a series of opportunities allowed me to become the owner of an 8 ha estate in the Juliénas appellation. The region is hilly and the landscapes are magnificent. On the other hand, the hillsides are quite steep and the plots are not always mechanizable, and when they are, it is dangerous. A fatal accident can happen in the slightest vineyard contour.

Due to his family background, the current manager of the estate told me that he could no longer be present as he did for 4 years to manage the operation. I am therefore looking for a courageous manager or a young person with an installation project. My friend Thibault Liger-Belair succeeded extremely well in this project with his Domaine des Jeunes Pousses. A journalist managed to publicize the naivety of her failure to discover the profession, here the objective is to succeed. To do this, you just need to know how to adapt and understand that you have to work in conjunction with nature.

You will have to get up early. Work according to the rhythm of nature and not according to fixed schedules like in the factory. Enjoy working when it is cold, when it is windy, when it is raining or when it is very hot. At a time when you no longer have to work physically to earn a living, I suggest just the opposite.

Machines are of great help to us for many tasks but when it comes to raising animals, cultivating cereals or vines, the human hand is essential to create a local product.

In addition to having to deal with nature, a land artisan must generally devote a third of his time to administrative paperwork and another third to the commercial side. Thanks to the structure of the domain, we have the possibility of reducing the administrative and commercial burdens that the project leader will have to manage. Which is not a luxury when administrative and commercial prostitution gives you hemorrhoids.

Many agri-food economic models are based on the industrialization of production. These models produce standard, sanitized food that is unfit for consumption. The philosophy of the field is to put the hand of man at the heart of nature in order to produce healthy, living foods with a beneficial action for our microbiota. In my opinion, this is the only way to regenerate living things and not pass on an air-conditioned desert to our children.

I sincerely hope to receive many committed and motivated applications to accomplish this wonderful project. If this is not the case, I will have to resolve to grow my vines under photovoltaic panels.

The job offer is available here.

Armand Heitz