Domaine la Folie Vigneronne
Anne-Sophie Raifaud and Frank Goyer are new to Faugères. They bought the cellars of André Balliccioni in Autignac in 2023 along with his Faugères vineyards, and white Côtes de Thongue, but not the red, in time to make their first vintage in 2023. Anne-Sophie had been a wine buyer in Paris, and they left the capital five years ago to settle in Montpellier. She studied wine making and worked in various Languedoc wine estates, thinking all the while about acquiring a vineyard of her own. The folly was giving up a good salary and stability in Paris to become a vigneronne, and so far, she has not regretted it. And Franck continues to work as an engineer, while helping Anne-Sophie when he can. Anne Sophie explained the transition. They bought André Balliccioni’s stock and blended the 2021 together. In 2022 she worked with him as a stagiaire and 2023 was her first solo vintage. They had visited about 30 estates in the Cévennes, the Minervois and around Montpellier before they
