Raymond Usseglio

Domaine Raymond Usseglio finds its roots in the initiative of Raymond Usseglio who founded it in 1963. The Usseglio’s wine history dates back to 1931 when the grandfather, Francis, left his native region Piedmont to settle in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. After more than fifteen years of working in the fields, in 1948 he succeeded in operating a sharecropping farm with his vines, and produced his first wine in 1949.

The year 1962 marked a significant turning point, with the planting of the first vines in Francis’s name on the Terres Blanches terroir, now one of the most emblematic of the Domaine. Near these plots, in 1963, Raymond, accompanied by his wife Danielle, took up the torch from his father and founded the Domaine Raymond Usseglio.

At the same time, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is experiencing a remarkable rise in popularity and recognition as one of France’s premier wine regions. In 1999, the Domaine covered a little more than fifteen hectares of vines, and it was that same year that the 3rd generation Stephane took sole reins of the operation and produced his very first vintage at just twenty two years old.