English-speaking photographer and filmmaker for Champagne growers · Marne Valley, from Château-Thierry to Épernay

The film of your estate. In French and in English.

Photo, film and drone, from pruning to harvest, for your cellar-door visitors, your importers and your trade fairs. One single contact, half an hour from the Marne Valley.

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Your quote is free, and the choice stays yours.

They trusted me with their year

  • Champagne Bourgeois-Diaz
  • Champagne Simone & Lucien
  • Les Vignerons du Far West

4 estates per harvest. 2027 calendar now open · 5.0 on Google, 25 reviews

Champagne Bourgeois-Diaz · excerpt from the film “Vendanges 2023”, which opens the home page of their website.
Our commitments
For estates selling direct and abroad

Your buyers watch your film before they taste your wine.

An importer, a wine merchant in London, a visitor planning a trip: they all want to know who makes the wine, where and how. Two minutes of film with English subtitles shows them.

How you use it
  • Your website and social mediaAn opening film, short vertical clips, photos all year round.
  • Your importers and trade fairsAn English film to send before a meeting or to play on your stand.
  • Your cellar door and wine tourismImages of your vines and your craft, where visitors book.
A grower smiling in front of a traditional wooden press at the Bourgeois-Diaz estate
At the Bourgeois-Diaz estate, Crouttes-sur-Marne
Four formats

Start with one day, or give me the whole year.

Every format follows the rhythm of your work.

Jérémy, grower at Simone & Lucien, pruning the vines in the morning mist
Photo · short film

Winter in the cellar

January → March

One day on pruning, blending, disgorging or bottling.

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  • Photo series
  • Short film with English subtitles

At Simone & Lucien, March 2025: one day, photos delivered two days later.

A picker holding a bunch of Pinot Noir among the leaves
Photo · film · drone

Harvest

Late August or September, depending on the year

The vines, the team, the press, the party: all of it, from dawn to dusk.

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  • Photos the next day
  • Drone
  • Film of about 2 min, FR and EN

I keep each harvest for 4 estates.

Two growers tasting base wines at the blending table
Interview · photo

Export kit

Before a trade fair, any time

Your story in your own words, subtitled in English, plus the images an importer asks for.

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  • Filmed interview
  • Portraits
  • Bottles
  • Vines and cellar

Ready for your importers, trade fairs and product sheets.

Drone view of a Marne Valley village and the river in autumn
12-month coverage

Four-season chronicle

5 to 6 visits a year

Every stage of the cycle, one film per season and a film of the year.

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  • Every stage
  • Interviews
  • Drone
  • Film of the year

The approach used at Bourgeois-Diaz. 2 estates a year.

4 estates per harvest. 2 chronicles a year. Harvest lasts about three weeks and I work alone in the field: that is how I can be there from the first day to the last.

The 2027 calendar is open.

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How I work

Why the long haul?

Because over the seasons, people stop noticing me. I come back for pruning, bottling, harvest, and each time the team opens up a little more. Those are the images that truly tell an estate's story: real gestures, relaxed faces, trust built year after year.

See the gallery: a year in the vines, in 22 photos →

The Bourgeois-Diaz team gathered in front of the traditional press at the end of harvest
Harvest 2023 · the estate team in front of the press.
Case study · Champagne Bourgeois-Diaz

Three harvests in a row at an organic, Demeter-certified estate.

Three years in detail
The need
Show the work of a biodynamic estate in Crouttes-sur-Marne at every stage, for its website and social media.
What I did
From August 2023 to August 2024, one session per stage of the cycle: photo, film, drone and interviews. The estate then called me back for the 2024 and 2025 harvests.
The result
A photo library covering three years and several films, including “Vendanges 2023”, which opens the estate's home page.

ClickTap a stage to see the photo.

“A talented photographer who really listens and is always available. I highly recommend him.”Jérôme Bourgeois, Champagne Bourgeois-Diaz · Google review, October 2024 (translated from French)
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Case study · Les Vignerons du Far West

A growers' collective, two editions of its wine fair.

The Vignerons du Far West collective trusted me with its wine fair in Nogent-l'Artaud in October 2025, then again in October 2026: portraits of the growers and their cuvées, tastings, the mood of the day.

The collective's growers together, bottles in hand, in front of the fair's barn
October 2025The collective's growers
Growers pouring their wines at a tasting table
October 2026The tasting
A grower disgorging a bottle by hand in front of the barn door
October 2026Disgorging à la volée
A year in pictures

From pruning to disgorging.

A few images from the year spent with Bourgeois-Diaz and Simone & Lucien.

See the year in 8 images
Pruning the vines in winter, in the morning light
JanuaryPruning
Tasting base wines before blending
MarchBlending
Tirage liqueur being poured into the bottles
MayBottling
A grower in a straw hat tucking shoots during trellising
JuneTrellising
Drone view of a straddle tractor trimming the vines
AugustTrimming, by drone
A crate of black grapes in the evening light
Late summerHarvest
The estate's stainless steel vat room during harvest
After pickingThe vat room
A gloved hand on bottles before disgorging
NovemberDisgorging
Simone & Lucien · “Le Palissage”, vertical format, English subtitles.
Case study · Champagne Simone & Lucien

Short films with English subtitles, made for social media.

The details
The need
Tell the estate's season in short formats that its overseas customers can follow.
What I did
July 2024 to March 2025: trellising, an interview with the grower, harvest, bottle photography, then a winter day on pruning. The films are cut vertically and subtitled in English.
The result
“Le Palissage” and a harvest review, published on the estate's social media in French and English.
Drone view of the vineyard and the village A grower with his sheep grazing between the rows in winter Two growers talking between the rows during trellising
How it works

You work, I film.

  1. 01 · The calendar

    One call to plan my visits around your work and your likely harvest date. We adjust to the weather.

  2. 02 · On site

    Photo, film, drone and sound, alone and discreet: your team keeps working.

  3. 03 · The next day

    A selection of photos ready for social media, then the full high-resolution series.

  4. 04 · The films

    Delivered in French with English subtitles, in a website version and a vertical version for social media.

Before you book

What growers ask me.

Why 4 estates per harvest?
Harvest lasts about three weeks and a harvest day often means ten hours on site. Four estates is what lets me be there every time you need me. The first to book choose their dates.
Who writes and translates the subtitles?
I do. I am bilingual in French and English: I transcribe the interview, translate it and time the subtitles. You review them before delivery. Another language can be added to the quote.
What about the pickers' image rights?
The team is told before filming starts, and the published selection keeps the people who agree. For minors, I frame from behind or blur faces.
Can you fly a drone over the vines?
Yes. I am a drone pilot certified by the French civil aviation authority (DGAC, categories A1, A2 and A3). I file the required declarations and carry aviation liability insurance.
What usage rights do you get?
They are written into the quote: website, social media, trade fairs, importers, product sheets and press, with duration and territory. You know from the start what you can do with the images.
Where do you work?
I am based in Trilport, near Meaux, half an hour from the Marne Valley. I work from Château-Thierry to Épernay and across Champagne; the quote states any travel costs.
Your estate

Let's talk about your estate.

Tell me what you want to show and when in the year. I reply within 24 hours with a clear quote, usage rights included.

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