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WHAT THE FRENCH CALL "LE BEAU'' IS WHAT THIS PAGE IS ABOUT. WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON TALENTED ARTISTS WHO AREN'T GETTING THEIR DUE.  MUSICIANS, PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, WRITERS, ACTORS, IF YOU THINK THAT ART CAN MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, WE WANT TO DEDICATE THIS SPACE TO YOU.  SO SIT BACK, RELAX, READ, AND APPRECIATE -- LAISSEZ-VOUS EMPORTER!

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BELINDA XIA
Aka belindaxiaillustration on Instagram
Aka 
belindaxillustration on Etsy
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​We fell in love with Belinda's work over social media. She's a talented artist with a special interest in fashion and a unique creativity. So we contacted her for a small interview...


ZYCO'S SPACE
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My name is Zyad, but everyone calls me Zyco. I'm Parisian, since always. I love Paris, it's a fabulous city, a city populated by museums where you never feel lazy!  But because I've got a case of wanderlust, I travel a lot too: to Lapland, Sicily, the Dominican Republic, Morocco...


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JORGE ALBERTO ALVARADO

Actor, wine boutique owner, occasional dictator, wine lover and above all bon vivant, ''Jorgito'' as his family and friends call him, is a fixture of Morningside Heights in NYC. I met him two and half years ago when I entered into his wine store for the first time trying to sell him some of my French wines. Jorge is picky and knowledgeable about the wines he selects for his shop. It took me a couple of months of convincing before he placed one...


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ANTHONY KERN
Aka  @_hoap_  on Instagram
Aka Head On A Plate Art on Etsy


We found Tony on instagram (@ _hoap_)  and instantly fell in love with his work. Spray paint is this artist's preferred medium, and his works provide a fun and unique insight into current pop culture. We contacted him and he kindly accepted to answer our questions.


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LUCKY CHOPS BRASS BAND
An Interview With Members of The Band

We first heard the Lucky Chops Brass Band during the Sud de France Festival last spring, which is really a wine crawl to the best French restaurants and bars in New York City aboard a Frenchified double-decker bus.  Sounds fun, right?  It was.  Incredibly so.  But it wouldn’t have been half as memorable without the live soundtrack that followed us around the city – a unique mix of funk, jazz, and rock ...

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Learn About Wine
    • Riesling: The Most Misunderstood
    • Revitalized Mâconnais
    • Pays Nantais
    • The "Lost" Bordeaux
    • French Catalonia
    • Beaujolais Nouveau
    • One Foot in Heaven
  • Pairings
    • Guilty Pleasures
    • What's One Must for Your Thanksgiving Dinner?
    • The Not-So-Secret Rule of Wine Pairing
    • Easter and Passover Seder Dinner
    • Valentine's Day Pairings
  • Art
    • Belinda Xia
    • Zyco's Space
    • Lucky Chops Brass Band
    • Anthony Kern
    • Jorge Alberto Alvarado
  • Others
    • #JeSuisCharlie
    • Sag Harbor Rum
    • Our Top 10 Wines of 2014
  • Contact