Jean-Bernard de Larquier: “I have to pull up my oldest vines, it’s sad”

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Jean-Bernard De Larquier, winegrower, producer of Cognac in Arthenac in Charente-Maritime, April 16, 2025. Yohan BONNET for La Croix L'Hebdo / Yohan Bonnet for La Croix L'Hebdo
Former president of the National Interprofessional Cognac Bureau, Jean-Bernard de Larquier now supports his children, who have taken over the family winery. Between the war in Ukraine and the threat of prohibitive tariffs in the United States, the current situation worries him, even though this isn't his first crisis.
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