In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.
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 wheel turns: when it is down, it can only go up.
Every trial in life lets us grow.
Inch’Allah by Gilbert Sinoué, the story of four families in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Your Song by Billy Paul.
A clinical psychologist.
Singing.
Swimming.
Cooking.
Nothing. I am not attached to material things.
Local newspaper.
Château d’Yquem of course.
My parents and from my colleagues at Château d’Yquem.
A sweet crêpe and a glass of cider from Brittany.
