Inspiration at Domaine Tempier
- Then I saw her. A tiny French woman,
from a tiny town was walking towards me,arms extended, the
smile of a woman that had known me for years and had been
waiting all day for me
to arrive. She placed
her tiny hands on my
cheeks and pulled me down to her eye level. I just
looked at her, in her tiny, perfectly fitted suit, let my
breath finally escape. Her smile widened and she
pulled my face to hers and planted sweet little kisses
on both of my cheeks. Inspiring.
- I let my nose lead me, I was smelling wild herbs, dust, clay and….meat, and there I was standing in the kitchen…Lulu’s kitchen, the huge fireplace with the tiny curtains and a 3 legs of lamb spinning in the fire. I was standing in the picture, the picture I had looked at a hundred times, the picture that chefs like Alice Waters and Richard Olney had seen….inspiring.
- If it makes people more comfortable not to think about
the people behind the wines, if they would rather
picture some factory that churns out bottles…go for it.
But for me wine is all about passion, hard work,
dinners, flowers on a loved one’s grave and in some
cases….a tiny French woman from a tiny town that
smiles, cooks, kisses and inspires.
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