TARLANT

For the Tarlants, champagne is a family affair. They have been winemakers in Oeuilly since 1780. Melanie Tarlant and her brother Benoît are now the 12th generation to run the champagne estate. Melanie mainly takes care of marketing and sales, Benoît of the vineyards and cellar. Benoît joined the business in 1999, when he was still able to work and learn alongside his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Tarlant now produces wine from seven different grape varieties and converted the winery to organic farming a few years ago and had it certified.