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Pierre Faiveley, a cobbler by trade, founded Maison Joseph Faiveley in 1825 in his home town of Nuits-Saint-Georges, naming the company after his son, who was two years old at the time. (The family’s first acquisition of vineyards was in Nuits-Saint-Georges Tribourg in 1832). Joseph took over the firm in 1860, bringing with him a number of vineyard parcels inherited from his uncle. He ran the company for more than 50 years, directing the purchase of top Premier Crus vineyards in Nuits-Saint-Georges as well as the Clos des Cortons in 1873. Joseph’s son François, who predeceased his father, spent much of his time with the company helping the family recover from the phylloxera epidemic that required all of their vineyards to be replanted, beginning in the waning years of the 19th century and lasting well into the 20th century.