Les Vins de Vienne is a wonderful collaborative project from three of the Northern Rhône’s most iconic producers. Yves Cuilleron started out as a winegrower in 1987. In 1988, François Villard asked Yves to take him on for an internship. He did the harvests in 1988 and 1989. When François came to live not far from Yves in 1989, they continued to see one another, played football together and really became friends. As for Pierre Gaillard, they knew him like many other winegrowers, but no more than that. But Yves also sent François to do an internship with Pierre, because he liked the wine he made. François and Pierre became friends too and the three winegrowers then began to form an amicable trio. The rest, as they say, is history!
