I enjoyed this.
Merry Christmas!
André Derain, Collioure, 1905
From the National Galleries of Scotland:
Collioure is the name of the fishing village in the south of France where Derain spent the summer of 1905 with fellow artist Henri Matisse. He was very much influenced by the strong light in the south, which casts few shadows and eradicates contrasts in tone. He painted in pure bright colours straight from the tube to capture the effects of the sunlight, using broad, confident brushstrokes to create a flat, decorative and expressive pattern. This use of vibrant colours was associated with the fauvist style.
Collioure is a beautiful village.
Lapierre’s vin de france is the best $12 bottle of wine. So much tasty red fruit.
“Having customers and enthusiasts all over the world, it would have been perfect communicating in all languages. As I do speak and communicate averagely well in 5 languages and with my wife being Japanese this makes 6 languages, why English only?
It was obvious to concentrate to one language only because of the time it takes to write in all these different languages. I am an artisan searching to produce great wines and olive oils and my energy needs to go into the making of our products and not the writing about them.
Although communication is important, we simply have too much work with our production if we want to continue increasing the quality standards we have set for ourselves.
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Although communication is important, we simply have too much work with our production if we want to continue increasing the quality standards we have set for ourselves.
— Franck Cornelissen, who makes wild wines on Mt. Etna.
Watching grapes!!!
Yvonne Hegoburu is the proprietor of Domaine de Souch. Madame Hegoburu became the sole proprietor after her husband died in the late 1980s. She told me he died of cancer caused by working in vineyards that were treated with fertilizers and pesticides and other chemicals. She has since converted her domaine to a biodynamic practice.
Juraçon, France
July 2010
