The Perrier's History

Vinegrower since 1853, the history of Perrier society is linked to the history of wines in Savoie and the Alpes (France). 
Wines of Savoy represent a quint and wild way of life, famous around the world.
Wine from Savoie remains a unique tradition in the winegrowing French world.
From Apremont to Méthode traditionelle of Savoie, going through Chignin, Gamay or Mondeuse, they represent a quint and wild way of life, famous around the world.Wine from Savoie remains a unique tradition in the winegrowing French world.
  • 1853: Born in 1820 in Barberaz, Catherin PERRIER bought a cellar in St André les Marches and starts growing a vine next to the mountain «Mont Granier».
  • 1911: Claude Emile Perrier, his son, buys a second cellar and has to start again because the vine is dead from phylloxéra.Vinegrower and trader, he delivers cafe owners on donkeys back!
  • 1920: Jean Perrier, son of Claude Emile extends the vineyard and the cellar.
  • 1947:Jean Victor Perrier , son of Jean extends the lands and is the first in Savoie to bottle the wine.
  • 1953: Jean Perrier buys a licence of Wine trading. He sells 150000 liters a year and farms Two hectares and 50 ares of vines with 2 employees.
  • 1964: Gilbert Perrier, son of JeanVictor, nowadays President starts working in the firm.
  • 1970: The firm becomes a SA
  • 1973: The first bottling line is set up: 2000 bottles an hour.Extension of the cellars and new winery.
    Savoie Wines become an AOC.
Wines from savoie get the AOC (of controlled origin in France)
  • 1983-84: A new winery of 7000 hectoliters and bottle line of 6000bottles/hour
         The two elder sons arrive in the firm.
  • 1993:The third son joins them.It's the whole team:Philippe,Christophe and Gilles share the tasks of vinification, trade, administration and marketing.
  • 1997:Gilbert Perrier is "Chevalier de l'ordre du mérite agricole"
  • 1996-1997-1998:Extension of the stocking area. Extension of the vinification cellar(10000 liters), the bottlt line and computing.
  • 1999: March:reward for the Internet site"Exportateur sur la toile"
  • 2000: New cellar of 2000m2 in a new site. 33 employees
  • 2001: Extension of the farming area with grape varieties of Gamay,Mondeuse and Chignin bergeron.
  • 2002: New grape variety Altesse.Extension of the farming area with Monterminod Castle. The total area is now 36 hectares.
  • 2003: 50 years birthday of Perrier wines.
  • 2008: Extension of the farming area on 8 towns with an area of 50 hectares.
  • 2009: New vine in Candie's Castle, near Chambéry.
  • 2014: Area production : 59 Hectares.