art de vivre

Art De Vivre (II of II)

June 2, 2015 Benjamen Walker art de vivre, Theory Of Everything 2 Comments

Art De Vivre (II of II)

Benjamen and Mathilde continue exploring the intersection between France and China over wine. In this installment they traverse China talking with winemakers, wine enthusiasts and drinkers to find out what the emerging middle class of China, one of the most powerful forces on Earth, wants from a bottle of wine.  Plus Your host is forced to defend his working methods and his beliefs in the art of living well. ????????????????????????????????????

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Art De Vivre (I of II)

May 25, 2015 Benjamen Walker art de vivre, Theory Of Everything 4 Comments

Art De Vivre (I of II)

The voice of the ToE episode announcer revealed! (her name is Mathilde)  and she joins our host for this two part series about the intersection between France and China and wine. The story of the red obsession of Wealthy Chinese has been told many times, but what is going to happen when China’s elusive emerging middle class gets wine fever? Can wine transmit cultural values? Can it transcend consumerism?  In this installment Benjamen and  Mathilde traverse France to discover this vino nouvelle vague. Screen shot 2015-05-25 at 10.49.44 PM

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