Romain brings something incredibly unique to his sleepy Southern Beaujolais village of Saint-Etienne des Oullieres. Originally from Paris, he had no formal training in grape growing or winemaking prior to taking an office job at property in the same village. That property was the Chateau de Lacarelle, which to this day “employs” Romain, in a roundabout kind of way. They set up a sharecropping agreement after Romain felt...