Preparações biodinâmicas em Littorai. Crédito: littorai.com
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O primeiro americano a trabalhar como enólogo na Borgonha, o fundador da Littorai, Ted Lemon, queria buscar a contenção e a elegância do velho mundo na Califórnia quando retornasse aos Estados Unidos, então ele e sua esposa Heidi identificaram os condados de Sonoma e Mendocino como os perfeitos locais para obter uvas para seu novo projeto.
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Uma breve história
Ted Lemon nasceu em 1958, mas não cresceu em um ambiente repleto de vinho. No entanto, em 1981 ele foi para Dijon estudar Enologia e depois decidiu ficar na Borgonha e encontrar um emprego como rato de adega.
Um telefonema para Roz Seysses em Domaine Dujac provou ser oportuno, já que seu marido Jacques estava deitado de costas com ciática. Ted passou aquela colheita levando amostras do tanque para Seysses e depois seguindo suas instruções. Ele seguiu com períodos de trabalho em alguns dos outros domínios importantes da Borgonha, incluindo Georges Roumier e Bruno Clair.
Um ano depois, Ted voltou para a Borgonha para atuar como enólogo no Domaine Roulot, em Meursault, enquanto Jean-Marc Roulot seguia a carreira de ator. Ted se tornou o primeiro vinicultor americano na Borgonha e permaneceu em Roulot por três anos antes de retornar aos EUA, onde passou um tempo trabalhando em Napa Valley antes de fundar a Littorai em 1992.
