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and in her eyes, that was not enough. I think deep
down she knew she had to prove herself. As her every
move was now being scrutinised, she equipped herself
to equal and even surpass men!
After the success of Friends, she found fame again in the ‘Cougar Town’
series where she plays a gregarious middle-aged woman determined
to have a good time
What do you think women contribute to the wine
business?
Whether they are cellar masters, oenologists, winegrowers,
sommeliers or winemakers, they bring a
fresh perspective to wine. There is no denying that
women are capable of taking more risks, of being more
enterprising and launching genuinely novel projects.
From the container to its contents, including the shape
of the bottle, the design of the label, the blends, etc.,
they like to think outside the box. And that’s not
just true of the wine world. For gastronomy, design,
painting or whatever, women take a decidedly more
modern, more enterprising approach to things!
Drinking wine on her own is out of the question – she loves to share it with
her friends, and has been known to drink it in the kitchen!
But what about you, Courteney, what is your intimate
relationship with wine?
I don’t really see the point of uncorking a bottle on
your own! That is so sad! It’s a bit like booking a
table in a top restaurant and eating all by yourself! I
love to “enjoy life”, with my friends from ‘Friends’ for
example. Matt (LeBlanc) has travelled a lot. He tells
us about the wines he has tasted all over the world.
Jennifer (Aniston) really knows her stuff and she can’t
stand men who talk down to her about wine. Lisa
(Kudrow) married a Frenchman. Consequently, she
only has eyes for the wines produced in her beloved’s
home country. But of all of us, the one who knows the
most about wine is David (Schwimmer). A few years
ago he played a sommelier in a series called ‘Feed the
Beast’. To be credible on camera, he trained with one of
the best sommeliers in New York. I’m not saying that
David would be able to write a thesis on wine, but one
thing is for sure, the person who tries to palm him off
with a basic wine in place of a grand cru hasn’t been
born yet!
122 WINTER 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE