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Tamlyn Currin

Tamlyn Currin

Friday 29 December 2017

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Hermitage Chave Héritage
Thierry Weber
Published by Tonnerre de l’Est
ISBN 9782954031675
€29

Thierry Weber is a philosophy teacher and wine writer who started a small publishing house devoted to writing and publishing books on biodynamic, organic and natural wine. He wrote this particular book, on J L Chave, himself. The moody photography was done by Christophe Bohème and the drawings – in the style of architectural designs – were done by Louis Renardat-Fache. It’s written in both French and English, each page divided vertically in half, French on the...

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