Pascal Agrapart

Coming Up

1990 In Champagne, that kind of role is never just administrative; it asks for continuity, judgement, and close reading of the vineyard. Here, the inheritance is practical rather than ceremonial, and the shape of the house has been defined by decades of work in Avize.

Where They Are Now

The vineyard remains central to Agrapart & Fils, and Pascal Agrapart keeps his attention close to the rows and the physical work that comes with them. His own description is plain and unsentimental: "Lots of winemakers want to have an easy life. Not me. I want to go work in the vineyard and I’m not asking what time it is. If the sun is shining, I’m in the vineyard, it doesn’t matter what day. Weekends too." That line gets to the point of the method: the vineyard is not a place for convenience, but for responsiveness, with weather and season setting the pace.

Signature

Avizoise, Vénus, Minéral, Terroirs, and Complantée are the signatures associated with Pascal Agrapart. Together, they show how Agrapart & Fils works across different expressions while staying anchored in Avize. The range suggests a grower making choices with both discipline and feel, keeping the wines legible to place without flattening their distinctions.

In Their Words “Lots of winemakers want to have an easy life. Not me. I want to go work in the vineyard and I’m not asking what time it is. If the sun is shining, I’m in the vineyard, it doesn’t matter what day. Weekends too.” These lines point to the two poles of the work: a refusal of detachment, and a family memory rooted in Avize. At Agrapart & Fils, Pascal Agrapart’s tenure reads as continuity in practice, with the vineyard, not the office, as the place where that continuity is maintained.