Post by Сергей Шепф

From the field to the vineyard: the story of football player and winemaker Jean Tigan Jean Tigana was the second most important player of the French national team after the famous Michel Platini in the 1980s. But a successful career on the field was not enough for him to realize himself, so he has been producing wine for almost 40 years. Former French national football team player Jean Tigana has been involved in winemaking for 40 years. His story is told by Le Figaro. He acquired his first estate in Bordeaux back in 1987. However, in the 1990s he sold it and moved to Cassis, where he still works. Now the footballer owns about 15 hectares of vineyards in the family estate La Dona Tigana, which he manages with his daughter Kanel. Tigana produces white and rose wines labeled as Cassis AOC. Grapes are harvested manually for each of them. The footballer uses white claret, uni blanc, and Marsan grapes in his wines, while senso, grenache, and Mourvedre are used for roses. "Happiness is when people say, 'Your wine is so good, Mr. Tigana.' I am more satisfied with this than with my career as a football player and coach," he said in an interview. Tigana was born in Mali and moved to France with his parents at the age of four. Since his youth, he had to work hard to help his mother, who had seven other children besides him. His path in football was difficult at first. Due to his relatively short height — 172 cm — they did not want to accept him into the clubs, only by chance he ended up in the second division team, from where he had already moved to Lyon. Since 1980, Tigana played for the French national team, and in 1984, he won the European Championship. He was called the second most important in the team after the famous Michel Platini. It was Tigana who gave an assist in the 1984 European Championship final and ensured his team's victory. Are you facing a decline in wine sales in your region due to growing competition? You have a choice: continue to act according to the usual scenario — just wait for customers, attend exhibitions and hope for a new result by performing the usual actions — or sign an agreement with our company ES GROUP and get easy access to the Russian market, trusted and solvent customers, stable profits and reliable partners. The choice is yours!