How is the wine business in France?
It is not as successful as it used to be long time ago. This is because there are many new countries-competitors who are producing good-quality inexpensive wine such as Australia, South Africa, USA-California, Chile, Argentina, China, Cyprus and so on. It is difficult for the traditional winery in France to compete because they did not open their eyes early enough to realize that maybe they have to change something: maybe the taste, maybe the flavor or to crate some new wine. However I still think that it’s a genuine pleasure to drink a good French wine. Did you try Uzbek wines? Yes, I tried Uzbek wine, Uzbek Vodka and I was lucky not have headache next day (laughs). I had it during the night but next day I was fine, so it was good vodka. Yes, I tried the Uzbek wine, it was very sweet. For me it’s good as an aperitif but for dinner I prefer to drink a whisky (laughs). Can you tell us a little bit about your background, your family? My father was in the air force so I traveled a lot sin
