Domaine Nigoulin
We stopped here, in search of meaning, of resilience, of all-round benevolence and sharing.
The agricultural world is tough: such is the land, our days are quite the same and we believe that the requirement we have is at the expectation.
Our quest for meaning revolves around a resilient agriculture that absorbs the shocks of recession, climate change, the progressive impoverishment of the livings.
Since the beginning, we have been registered on various reception sites and sharing. We believe in the importance of the external view, of the criticism and sharing to better understand and adapt.
The hamlet of Nigoulin originated from a Roman villa and its outbuildings then expanded into a village over the years. Few steps away from Chaveyron, there was a tile factory and a hostel which welcomed the Crusaders on the other side of the valley. Legend has it that this hostel had hosted a knight linked to Saladin.
The hamlet of Nigoulin was supplied by a network of water underground.
My great-grandfather worked these lands before acquiring them one morning in 1940. Different crops were planted: silkworms, trees, fruit trees, lavender, and vines… as in the beginning. Taken over by my grandparents until their retirement about forty years ago, the estate was put on tenant farming.
The farm now has four hectares of Côtes du Rhône vines (Grenache, Syrah) in Organic Agriculture aimed at Biodynamics, almond and apricot trees. In 2014, after a deep reflection on the meaning of our activities, the project to take over the family farm was born.
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From 01/06 to 31/12 on Friday between 6 pm and 8 pm.
