Going the Distance: Domaine de Bichery

A visit to Hannah and Raphaël Piconnet on the limestone slopes surrounding Neuville-sur-Seine.

Many Aube vignerons remark on their proximity to Burgundy; Neuville-sur-Seine’s Raphaël Piconnet is the only one I know who demonstrates it by cycling the 150km to Burgundy any chance he gets. At our friend Jon Purcell’s Haut Les Mains salon in July 2022, he made an impressive entrance, shortly before the doors opened to professionals, disembarking his …