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Erwan Faiveley and I looked at each other in amazement that seventeen years had passed since he took over as head of this iconic producer.
One of the changes that he instituted was to divide Faiveley into (1) Domaine Faiveley for the estate wines and (2) Joseph Faiveley for négociant wines. In fact, 80% of the production these days is Domaine Faiveley, and the great bulk of the Joseph Faiveley production is generic Bourgogne. As for Domaine Faiveley, it now consists of 120 ha, 70 of which are in the Côte Chalonnaise. And in addition, there is Domaine Billaud-Simon in Chablis, which Faiveley purchased several years back but is still operated separately. (Continue reading here.)