Taste story of... - NumberWine

Taste story of...

Caroline Frey
A very nice encounter full of surprises. A rare encounter too as Caroline Frey is an exception in the closed-shop winemaking world. The story of a woman winemaker and adventurer who was top of the class, a lovely story that’s only just begun…

Dionisio Chaves
We met in the restaurant at Hotel Fasano in Rio, where Dionisio works as head sommelier. It’s nice out, the day’s only just beginning and a few joggers are sliding along the immense Ipanema promenade.

Pierre Lurton
“The style of wine and its huge complexity: never make it simple, take shortcuts or make life easier.” Now there’s a motto that sits very well with Pierre Lurton.

Michel Rolland
An encounter with a famous wine magician. Over the past year we’ve been offering you the possibility of sharing our encounters with wine industry “players”. These out of the ordinary personnages could sometimes come straight out of a novel, as their story appears to be unreal.

Jim Harrisons
A meeting with a « soul feeder » who agreed to share one of his dearest treasures: his vinous souvenirs. Getting close to a writer who talks without any moderation…

What they thought back then...
Hippocrate (460 - 670 BC), the father of medicine "wine is something that is wonderfully suitable for man, in sickness and in health alike, as long as it is correctly and moderately administrated in relation to the individual constitution.”

Jess Jackson
Everything is big in the United States. The strawberries decorating the enormous cheese cakes, the blockbuster movies, the new technology empires…