he dug a twenty meter deep hole that he finished off by reproducing exactly the chapter house of the Cistercian Abbey of Thoronet.
"It was an epic work, completely irrational. The desire to create something exceptional".
A masterpiece storehouse, comprised of eight pillars, with sculpted capitals, supporting the rib vaults. Patiently built over seven years by a childhood friend, Jean-Claude Peyvel, a stone cutter, and ten journeymen.
"This French wine cellar is outrageousness !" he admits.
It's difficult indeed to distinguish the real from the fake. This perfect replica of early gothic art inspires the same emotion, the same admiration as the original.
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