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List of products by supplier Gauthier Bernard et Fils
A hundred years ago, our grandparents and great-grandparents left their town of Birac where they were sharecroppers and jobbers to become owners in Malaville. They had just bought a fallow farm and buildings in ruins, the consequences of phylloxera which had wiped out the region’s economy. Despite the 3 ha of vines, it's breeding and mixed farming that have enabled them to live and redevelop. Thanks to Vincent and Anatolie, Léandre and Zelia. Since 1750, they lived in Birac and gave their name to their own village “Les petits Gauthiers”. By dint of hard work, they rebuilt the house and cleared the fields and the vines: it was a small farm of 3 ha of vines, 15 ha of land and nearly 10 ha of woods with 4 cows, 2 oxen and 2 horses . Their pride was to rebuild the house and then to buy a tractor in 1953.
1957 to 1959
Albert, son of Léandre, took over two small neighboring farms, one of which had a still. Albert became a winegrower and distiller from the 1959 harvest.
1972 to 1982
Bernard took over the business in 1972. The vineyards grew to 12 ha. In 1973, a new distillery was built and the 7 hl still was abandoned for a new 25 hl still. In 1982, we took on new vines for rent to increase the vineyard to 45 ha.
From 1998
Patrice and Vincent take over from Bernard. The vineyards increased to 60 ha and, above all, thanks to the accumulated stocks of Cognac, they were able to embark on the adventure of direct bottles sales.
