In 1898 the great grandfather of the owners today Hippolyte Brunier planted an area in La Crau with vines. His son Jules Brunier continued the planting up to 17 ha. and called the property Vieux Télégraphe named from an old signal tower built in 1792 by Claude Chappe the inventor of the optical telegraph. After the Second World War the third generation Henri Brunier enlarged the property furthermore and created the special style of the wines from Vieux Télégraphe. Since 1986 the owners Daniel and Frédéric Brunier has purchased two estates Domaine la Roquète situated in the village of Chateauneuf du Pape in 1986 and in 1998 Domaine les Pallieres in Gigondas with 25 ha of Gigondas. They own this estate together with their American importer Kermit Lynch. Frédéric Brunier has focus at the vineyards and Daniel Brunier is mostly interested in the winemaking and it's him you most often will meet when the wines are presented around the world.
Besides Domaine la Roquète Vignobles Brunier also owns Domaine Les Pallières in Gigondas and Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe in Bedarrides. In 1986 Domaine la Roquette (name changed in 2003), was for sale as the owner René Laugier had no heirs to take over. Henri Brunier bought the property and handed it over to his sons, Daniel and Frédéric Brunier. The first vintage bottled at the domain was 1986. At that time the vineyard needed some care, and the cellars needed renovation to be suitable for making wine from nearly 40 hectares. 29 ha are Chateauneuf du Pape, 3 ha are Cotes du Rhone and 7 ha are Ventoux.
