Alliance Française de Canberra CEO Nancy Ford-Waites… “The more exposure we have to other ways of thinking and other cultures, the more we can encounter aspects of life that are fulfilling for us.” Photo: Nick Overall
THE Alliance Française has driven its Canberra CEO to drink. The local arm of the worldwide organisation representing French culture is producing its own red wine for the first time this year.
Nancy Ford-Waites says it’s inspired by a French drop known as “Beaujolais nouveau”.
In France, the wine is harvested from a special type of grape and a festival, on the third Thursday of November, celebrates the harvest and gives people the first taste of their work.