Domaine de bichery

Raphaël Picconet and Hannah Boesel inherited half of Raphael's father's domaine in 2015 after  experiences making wine elsewhere in France and in Switzerland. 

Since then, they've been producing  beautiful, soulful zero-dosage Champagnes and some delicious Coteaux Champenois from a variety of sloped chalky parcels overlooking the Seine. 

There's a real energy in this part of Champagne- we're far from the monoculture of the Marne up north. Neuville-sur-Seine is just a few miles from the Seine’s source, hunting woods and wheat farms mix with vines — and the Bichery wines reflect this biodiversity.

Raphael and Hannah are an entrenched fixture among a group of local friends (including Charles Dufour, Alain and Salima Cordeuil, Amaury Beaufort and our own Paul Clergeot) that are this region's emerging stars.