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She watched the Nazi's destroy her mothers Chateau. Literally. Meet the elegant May-Elaine Lencquesaing
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The Nazis destroyed her parent's Chateau, and she was there to witness.
You just know it. Humans have a sense about who and what they are. and when you sit in the presence of pure elegance, pure knowledge, and pure humility, you just know it.
Though May-Eliance Lencquesaing spoke for over 75 minutes (she took a couple of breaths), it took 15 seconds to realize that this conversation was going to be epic.
She started with "Hello Paul, good to see you again"...because she had remembered a dinner together in 1993 while the Wine of the Month Club was visiting Vin Expo in Bordeaux; I guess you could say she had me at "hello."
The stories you are about the hear are never going to happen again. The point of view of a woman who made good in the patriarcal French society let alone the patriarchal French wine industry can only come from May-Eliane. You see, women like her were not setting out to make history, they were setting out to do the job. She had only one intention, take over the family business and make it grow. Sounds simple on paper but the headwinds came in all forms...and she remembers.
Listen to May-Eliane Lencquesaing.