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EDOUARD LABET IS A PART OF A it is clear to see that he is knowledgeable and in
加 WINEMAKING LEGACY THAT HAS love with the work he does. This is a business that
started from his ancestors, and the time from when
SPANNED 6TH GENERATIONS. IT’S A
利 LEGACY THAT HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN they ran the estates and now is vastly different.
FROM HIS FATHER, AND SOMETHING
福 HE INTENDS TO CONTINUE. WE SPEAK “My grandfather used to relate the stories of what
happened after the war,” he explains, and tells
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TO HIM ABOUT DOMAINE PIERRE us stories of what happened when négociants
LABET AND CHAUTEAU DE LA TOUR (merchants who bought grapes, juice, or finished
wine from growers, then bottled and sold them
WINE PRODUCING ESTATES, HOW on the market wholesale) had the most power
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE HIS and money back then. Wine growers, known as
GRANDPARENTS’ TIME, AND WHAT’S Vignerons, were living by selling their grapes, and
IN THE FUTURE FOR THE WINE even planting peas, carrots, asparagus between
ESTATES UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. the vines in the rows to feed their family. This
local aspect of the wine making grew more
Edouard Labet is a youthful winemaker. When international when Mr Labet’s father took over
you venture to his Instagram, you’ll be able to see in 1982, travelling and selling wines worldwide,
posts of him and his work in winemaking next to and Mr Labet intends to keep doing so.
posts of his life. In fact, you’ll be hard-pressed “I want to keep moving
to believe that he is one of the people making forward in the same path
decisions for the wine estates Domaine Pierre
Labet and Chateau de la Tour. But as the man as I do believe that people
explains his answers in an email interview with us,
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