Dry Extract Interview: Sandrine Garbay, Château d’Yquem, France
Sandrine Garbay, Château d’Yquem, France
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Sandrine Garbay, Château d’Yquem, France
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Sandrine Garbay, cellar master at Château d’Yquem, holds a doctorate in biological and medical sciences, specialising in oenology, from the University of Bordeaux. She graduated in 1994 and joined Château d’Yquem in the same year. In 1998, she took over the reins as cellar master and created her first vintage. She never lost her deep-rooted passion for science.
The best advice I ever got
The wheel turns: when it is down, it can only go up.
My life motto
Every trial in life lets us grow.
I am currently reading
Inch’Allah by Gilbert Sinoué, the story of four families in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
My most played music track
Your Song by Billy Paul.
If I didn’t do my current job I would be
A clinical psychologist.
Skill I don’t currently possess but would like to have
Singing.
My favourite kind of exercise
Swimming.
I relax while
Cooking.
I collect
Nothing. I am not attached to material things.
My essential newspaper/magazine
Local newspaper.
My desert-island wine
Château d’Yquem of course.
I have learnt a lot from
My parents and from my colleagues at Château d’Yquem.
My last meal and sip will be
A sweet crêpe and a glass of cider from Brittany.
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