Lorraine. In full expansion, the Moselle vineyard attracts winegrowers

Closed in 2012, the nursery school in Lorry-Mardigny, a small village south of Metz, will come back to life. In a completely different area. “The vat room will be installed in the classroom, the press under the courtyard and the sales area in the entrance hall,” describe Émilie Boutrou and Florian Kreitwill.

This duo, who have known each other for a little less than three months, created Domaine Florescence there. This will be the 21st wine growing operation in this rapidly expanding region since it obtained the AOC (Appellation d'origine contrôlée) in 2011. “It’s a very beautiful vineyard, one of the most important at the time before phylloxera took over. So there is a lot of potential…