The Fronsac winegrower is usually the owner of a family wine estate. The farm holdings are small or medium-sized family properties. The wine estate covers an area of less than 10 hectares on average where the man works both on the land and in the vinification room. The Fronsac winegrower usually lives in his own vineyard so that he can best profit of the annual climate cycle. On his land, he is constantly searching for the ideal marriage between the soils and the grape varieties. Always keeping in mind the environmental constraints, he tries to fully take advantage of the annual climate cycle; he carries out different tasks that enable him to pick grapes of the highest quality. Also, in the wine cellars, the most modern fermenting and vinification equipment stands side by side with the great tradition of ageing in oak barrels. Fronsac and Canon Fronsac winemakers never stop seeking the best expression of their terroirs through their wine, trying to distinguish them from standardised products.