>> What's more natural than matching art and wine. Both are among the first expressions of human greatness. Dozens of millenaries ago, as soon as he straightened on his hind legs and took shelter in caves, man developed his artistic expression.
A few millenaries ago, while the ancient civilisations started to build around the Mediterranean berth, vine culture expanded strongly. First reserved to the elite, also recognised for its medicinal virtues, consumption of wine enlarged progressively to entire populations.
At the entry of the twentieth century, wine was so part of the people daily diet than taxes collected on it represented a forth of the French State budget (more or less balanced at the time !). We were then furthering away from the artistic expression.
Today wine consumption became again more selective. The rough red wine disappears at the benefit of, on one hand industrial branded wines some well made, and on the other, fortunately, nice wines expressing their soil. Obviously our interest lies with these ones. They magnify these millenaries of culture, refinement, human conviviality and quality which are transforming these great wines in real artwork.
The chateau du Petit Puch is among these ones. It is therefore natural that its owners favour an artistic expression in sculpture and painting in addition of wine. They fall of in love with Gino Ruggieri's talent and wish to contribute to the radiance of his art.