Their farm overlooks a small village on the Côte des Bar (Aube).
On these limestone plains, pinot noir neighbors chardonnay….
An exceptional alchemy that makes it possible to create an alcohol that the whole world envies France: champagne.
At the end of February, two wine growers saw this paradise evaporate in the hands of justice.
According to concordant sources, an investigating judge of the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) of Lille thus seized, as a precaution, nearly 5,000 square meters of Champagne vines belonging to these winegrowers of the same family.
This extremely rare decision is part of the continuity of an investigation for concealed work, carried out for several months by the gendarmes of the research section of Reims and which shakes the small world of viticulture.
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