Dominique Lafon trained in viticulture and oenology (BTS viti-oeno) at the Lyc\u00e9e Viticole de Beaune from 1978 to 1980.<\/p>\n\n
After a 6-month internship in California, he worked for 4 years with Becky Wasserman, selecting and exporting fine wines to Anglo-Saxon and Asian markets, from 1981 to 1986.<\/p>\n\n
In 1986, he took over management of Domaine des Comtes Lafon in Meursault.\nToday, this 17-hectare family estate produces 90,000 bottles of Meursault and Volnay crus. <\/p>\n\n
The estate made the transition to organic and biodynamic farming between 1995 and 1998.<\/p>\n\n
In 1999, with the family partners of Domaine des Comtes Lafon, he acquired and developed SARL H\u00e9ritiers du Comtes Lafon at Milly-Lamartine in the M\u00e2connais.\nToday, the estate boasts 30 ha of vines and produces 200,000 bottles of M\u00e2connais crus. <\/p>\n\n
In 2008, he launched SAS Dominique Lafon in his own name, a company that manages 4 ha of vineyards in the C\u00f4te de Beaune, to which he adds the status of n\u00e9gociant.<\/p>\n\n
He acts as consultant in Oregon for Evening Land Vineyard from 2007 to 2014, then for Lingua Franca from 2015 to 2023.<\/p>\n\n
Retired from the two family estates, he still works for SAS Dominique Lafon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","member_country":[95],"member_affiliation":[89],"class_list":["post-1833","member","type-member","status-publish","hentry","member_country-france-en","member_affiliation-production-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n