From "sleeping beauties" to "Maisons du Bonheur:
Between work and family life
In 1995, Daniéla and Christophe Liger-Belair embarked on a bold and inspiring adventure: to breathe new life into family homes that had been abandoned for decades. Known at the time as “sleeping beauties”, these buildings carried within them the history and memory of eight generations of winegrowers.
At that time, only the vineyards were still in full swing. Christophe, faithful to his heritage, continued to work the vines and look after the cellars. All around him, the old winegrowers’ houses, silent and tired, waited patiently for their rebirth.
It was Daniéla who first saw them as more than just a pile of forgotten stones. With her passion for architecture and decoration, she saw in every beam, every tile, every weathered door, the potential for a new beginning. So she set about renovating the houses, one by one, guided by a vision: to give this sleepy hamlet back its soul.
And so began an extraordinary human and family adventure. Between family life and life on the building site, Daniéla and Christophe brought up their two daughters, Ségolène and Juliette, in the midst of the work and the dust – often with a cement mixer as a living room decoration. Each house that is reborn becomes a witness to a chapter in their history.
As the walls regain their lustre and the light returns to the forgotten rooms, a whole place comes back to life. Twenty years of hard work, laughter, challenges and pride have gone into transforming ruins into an estate brimming with emotion, memories and future.
3 decades of passion and transformation:
From the vine to the art of hospitality
Over the years, the estate has been slowly transformed, with the same patience that the work of the vine requires. The old winegrowers’ houses have become charming rooms where the soul of the past still hovers. The cellars and wine storehouses, witness to so many harvests, have found a new vocation: welcoming guests, bringing them together and sharing moments of pleasure.
Little by little, the estate has opened its doors to other forms of conviviality. Happy weddings, inspiring seminars, wine tourism breaks.
What was once a place devoted solely to the land and the vines is now a home open to life, to emotions and to encounters – a place where people come to savour as much as to remember.
A mother-daughter duo:
A family adventure
Even today, Les Maisons du Bonheur remains a family affair.
Daniéla welcomes each guest with kindness and attention. Juliette, her youngest daughter, works to develop and promote the place, continuing in her own way the dream begun over thirty years ago.
Together, they carry on the spirit of the early days – simplicity, authenticity and shared happiness.
From the “sleeping beauties” to the Maisons du Bonheur, the story is one of patience, passion and transmission. An adventure that continues to be written every day, between heritage and renewal, to offer everyone a place to recharge their batteries, celebrate and share.