Winemaker

Jean-Marie Egrot

Discipline: Winemaker
Venue: Champagne Egrot et Filles · Winery

Portrait of Jean-Marie Egrot

i. Biography

Jean-Marie Egrot co-founded Champagne Egrot et Filles in Aÿ, France, in 2008, bringing a working life that started in mechanical labor into the exacting pace of wine. Before that move, he spent seven years at Martel as a car lift operator, a line he gives without embellishment and which still does the work: repetitive machinery, fixed routines, and a job shaped by precision long before Champagne entered the picture.

The Path

At Martel, Jean-Marie Egrot worked for seven years as a car lift operator, a practical start that came before his move into wine. The role offered little room for display, but it does suggest a discipline built around repetition, timing, and keeping things moving. Since 2008, he has been co-founder of Champagne Egrot et Filles in Aÿ, where his name shifted from machinery to bottles and to the slower, more exacting work of a Champagne house.

The Work Today

Since 2008, Egrot has been co-founder of Champagne Egrot et Filles. The change was not framed as reinvention so much as a straightforward choice of working life, summed up in his own words: “Working for yourself is much better. A car lift operator is always the same thing.” The line sets out the difference plainly: one side fixed and repetitive, the other tied to ownership, initiative, and the changing demands of a house in Aÿ, France.

In Their Words “Working for yourself is much better. A car lift operator is always the same thing.” “I worked seven years at Martel as a car lift operator.” Taken together, the two lines mark the movement in Egrot’s career: seven years at Martel, then co-founding Champagne Egrot et Filles in 2008. The contrast is direct, and it frames the shift from a repeating industrial role to a more independent position in Champagne.

Career - co-founder — Champagne Egrot et Filles, Aÿ-Champagne (2008–present) - car lift operator — Martel

Acclaim

The 2008 founding of Champagne Egrot et Filles in Aÿ-Champagne is the main public marker of Egrot’s career. It is the point where Jean-Marie Egrot’s professional life moved from Martel into Champagne, and where his name became tied to a house rather than a machine. The date and the house remain the key facts, and they are enough to place him in the region’s contemporary wine story.

FAQ What is Jean-Marie Egrot's current role? As of 2026, Jean-Marie Egrot is Co-founder of Champagne Egrot Et Filles. Where did Jean-Marie Egrot work before? Jean-Marie Egrot's earlier career included Martel.