| Gaia Gaja of Angelo Gaja inPiedmont |
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| The best advice I ever got: | My father told me: “Don’t be afraid to say no.” |
| My life motto: | From Lampedusa’s Il Gattopardo: “For things to remain the same, everything must change.” (“Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga com’è bisogna che tutto cambi”) |
| I am currently reading: | Trattato di Funambolismo by Philippe Petit |
| The most-played track on my iPod: | Vecchio Frac by Domenico Modugno |
| A wine that surprised me recently: | Our 2013 Nebbiolo that will come out next year |
| My favourite newspaper/magazine: | La Repubblica |
| My desert-island wine: | A magnum of Barbaresco |
| If I didn’t do my current job I would be: | I’d do something agricultural – like beekeeper or vegetable gardener |
| I most admire in people: | Tolerance, honesty and humility |
| I really detest: | Arrogance and factiousness |
| The skill I don’t currently possess but would like to have: | Ubiquity |
| I relax while: | Biking in the hills and on a boat on the sea |
| I have learnt a lot from: | My parents |
| My first taste of wine was: | I clearly remember learning to read and write, but not tasting wine, so it must have been before that. |
| My last meal and sip will be: | Fried eggs with white truffle and very mature Nebbiolo |
| What do you want to show most in your wine? | Clarity, fleeting delicacy, commitment and dedication |