About the guest
Florence de La Rivière
Florence de La Rivière is a colourist designer. Colour has always been a key to enter her universe, threading a path from interior decoration to research activities. With her lectures on the colours of wine at Bordeaux’s faculty of oenology, she has fully restored the place of visual tasting. Florence has also done consulting work on colours for several renowned Bordeaux winemakers.
About the co-authors
Jérôme Bryon
Jérôme Bryon is a photographer. Trained as an architect, he plays with lines and scales to transfigure an ordinary environment. By making visible the invisible, he sublimates the raw material. This book responds to his thirst for challenges, adventures and encounters. Jérôme has been represented since 2011 in Paris and Brussels by Galerie La Forest Divonne and was selected for Paris Photo 2020.
Bénédicte Bortoli
Bénédicte Bortoli is a publisher, author of coffee table books on gastronomy and arts as well as craftsmanship. Trained in gastronomy (Ferrandi) and oenology, she is a copywriter for many chefs and acted as manager of a wine guide for nine years. Bénédicte has experienced the demanding day-to-day rigor of Michelin-starred brigades before leading the culinary branch of a Parisian event venue.
About the book
A living tribute to wine’s chromatic diversity, the book proposes clear, universal words for describing colour across still whites, rosés, and reds. Through encounters with winegrowers, oenologists, sommeliers, and scientists – and Jérôme Bryon’s original imagery – it offers an accessible, sensorial approach to “reading” wine colour beyond technical manuals. The book was awarded the Prix Clos de Vougeot this year.
