Who is matthias de sousa champagne

Avize, Marne
The history of Champagne De Sousa begins several generations ago when Manuel De Sousa, a soldier from Braga, Portugal, came to France to fight with the Allied army during World War I.

He went back to Portugal after the war was over. But economic times were so tough at home that he decided to return to France with his wife and newborn son, eventually settling in Avize.

As fate would have it, Manuel passed away at age 29 from a brain tumor.

Manuel's son Antoine later married Zoémie Bonville, the daughter of grape growers in Avize. So was born the De Sousa estate that, since 1986, has been managed by Antoine's son, Erick de Sousa.

Erick farms 9.2 hectares of vines spread over 42 plots.

Most are in the vicinity of Avize (there are old vine parcels in Avize, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Cramant, Oger and Chouilly), but he also owns vineyards in the Montagne de Reims (mainly Äy and A