The Perrochet family has called Auvernier home since long before the age of government record-keeping. In fact, Auvernier’s parish records show the Perrochet family as far back as the16th century. History shows that a majority of the population supported itself with vineyards and fishing in the region until the mid-twentieth century. In those days, the magnificent sloping landscape that envelopes the village was entirely covered with vines, right up to the Lac de Neuchâtel.