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Nowadays, Eric Dumont divides his time between the gardens of the Trianon in Versailles and the plantations destined to adorn the remodeled headquarters of the Marquis de Pomereuil cooperative in Les Riceys. He found a few minutes here to accompany the promoters of an action that made sense to him. Because the Wener, Horiot and Taisne families were careful to plant at the foot of a well exposed Tronchois hillside (favorable to Pinot Noirs giving rise to rosé des Riceys) apple trees that have long been rooted in the Aube and Champagne region . “We have chosen varieties of razor clams, adapted to the region, such as Auberive (quite widespread in Haute-Marne and Aube), very rustic and with fragrant pulp. Or the apple of Fralignes, very sweet, which owes its name to a village in Auboise. Not forgetting the crimson Croncels, created by my father in Troyes. We no longer had the emblematic Croncels Transparent obtained by my great-grandfather, Charles Baltet, available, but I hope to come and plant it another time between a Jolibois and a Reinette de Champagne ”, he suggests. A leader in the field of arboriculture, Eric Dumont’s illustrious ancestor was heavily involved in the wine industry in his time. ” With other experts and scientists of the time, Charles Baltet participated in the search for solutions for the renewal of the French vineyard after the disaster caused by phylloxera ”, recalls the nursery.