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October 30, 2005
Quel fromage: more from epicure Depardieu
"Like many men," he says with a grin, lighting up a cigarette, "I'm always a sex symbol in my own mind, but it's great to be told so now and then, especially when you eat too much and have big love handles like me," Gerard Depardieu concedes to Nigel Farndale of The Age. "But the love handles are a price he's happy to pay, for Depardieu is a gourmand. Not only does he love to eat - he's been known to consume four entire roast chickens at one sitting - but he is also a formidable cook who will produce a whole roast pig for a casual lunch...
"So seriously does Depardieu take winemaking that he describes himself as acteur-vigneron (actor-winemaker) on his passport. He owns more than a dozen vineyards around the world, from the Loire, Bordeaux and Languedoc to Sicily, Algeria, Morocco and Argentina, and helps with the harvest at [some]. "I love being hands-on, getting on the tractor. When you make wine you need to know how everything works." It's a "profitable sideline for him; he produces 1m bottles a year from his vineyard in Anjou alone. Is it true he talks to his wine? "I talk to my wine like I talk to my food when I am cooking. I am in communion with it. Totally absorbed."
Posted by pride at October 30, 2005 06:13 PM
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