A long wine tradition does not say anything about the quality of the wines of a vineyard. It is much more of a statement of the connection between the soil and how you work with it.
The oldest record of wine making in Profondeville dates back to 1018 AD. This can also be seen on old postcards, often as far back as the early 1900’s, stating “Profondeville – Les Vignobles” and “Profondeville – Walgrappe”.

There were many reasons for the disappearance of winery in the Walloon region. The three main reasons for that were:
1) Climate - The so-called “small ice-age” in the 17th century AD hit the Walloon region particularly
   badly, making the wines taste sour. It also wiped out big areas of wine plants.
2) Napoleon I - During the regime of Napoleon, heavy taxes were placed on all non-French
    wines and also large areas of wine plants were uprooted. This was done for the protection of
    French wines.
3) Phyloxera - During the 1870’s the root-eating insect Phyloxera Vastatrix threathened almost every
    vine in Europe. This insect eats the roots of the wine plant and then it dies completely. Large
    areas of winery disappeared.

Around the 1960’s wine-making returned to Profondeville mainly under the influence of Mr Hardy. In his remembrance Mrs Hardy still takes care of the 40 year old wine vines.