Adrien Renoir

Adrien Renoir now runs the estate. While he has deep respect for the work of his ancestors, he chose to take the domaine in a completely new direction. Convinced that a more respectful approach was both possible and necessary, he has placed that philosophy at the center of his project from the start. It was not an easy path, as he had to overcome the reservations of his father, Vincent. When responsibility was gradually passed to him beginning in 2014, father and son held very different views on how the estate should be managed. Vincent believed environmentally respectful farming was too difficult to carry out in Verzy, in northern Champagne, whereas Adrien believed in it completely. He never abandoned his convictions, and eventually his father gave him full freedom, on the condition that the conversion be done carefully and gradually, parcel by parcel.