The adventure of four enthusiasts
From this seemingly ungrateful land, land of rocks and weeds, we have rooted our convictions, our determination, our love of the profession in order to extract a beautiful story that we bottle year after year and which improves with time.
Winegrowers, from fathers to daughters and sons
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Herve Durand
OWNER-WINEMAKER
Discovering Quebec in 1981, he decided to establish his first vineyard outside of France there. With his agricultural, oenological, and economic training, and his experience as a winemaker at Château des Tourelles in the Costières de Nîmes region of France, he purchased the Dunham property, which would become Vignoble de l'Orpailleur.
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Charles-Henri de Coussergues
CO-OWNER AND WINEMAKER
Son of a winemaker from the South of France and with a degree in viticulture and oenology, Charles-Henri has managed the Vineyard's activities since 1982. A founding member of the Association des Vignerons du Québec, he was its president from 2008 to 2016 and is a director and Vice-President of the Conseil des vins d’appellation du Québec.
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Frank Furtado
CO-OWNER (1985-2024)
Frank directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976 and was the originator of the Montréal International Fireworks Competition (L'International des Feux Loto-Québec). Frank produced countless shows and managed the careers of several artists, including Gilles Vigneault. He passed away in 2024.
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Pierre Rodrigue
CO-OWNER
An experienced and recognized manager in the fields of culture, communications and media, Pierre Rodrigue handles the contractual and legal management of L'Orpailleur. Pierre Rodrigue was Vice President Bell in Quebec. Since May 2025, he has been a strategic advisor at TACT.
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Maude Furtado
ADMINISTRATOR
A dynamic successor and proud inheritor of her father Frank's legacy, Maude is the General Manager of GFA Pyro. Her responsibilities take her to all corners of the globe. This Quebec-born globetrotter has acquired enviable expertise in analyzing the pyrotechnic and viticultural markets.
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Guilhem Durand
ADMINISTRATOR
Active since the creation of Vignoble l'Orpailleur, he is part of the generation that carries the vineyard forward. With a background in agriculture, oenology, and business, he manages Mas des Tourelles and Château de Quillanet in Corbières, France.
Succession
Our mission and our values
To be a leader and a benchmark in the world of wine in Quebec and Canada.
Our mission is to offer authentically Quebec wines of superior quality, meeting the highest standards in winemaking.
The Vineyard Team
