First Draft

Raise a glass to France with its beer

By Ann Cortissoz

Globe Staff / July 13, 2005

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Seated around a table in the reception room of the French Library's elegantBack Bay brownstone, Henry Faineteau, Frederique Bazire-Duriez, ChristianDuriez, Julien Lenoir, Stephanie Marchal, and Allon Beck examine what's in their glasses, breathe in its aroma, then taste it, with mmms and aahhs of appreciation. It's not Bordeaux or Burgundy that they're sipping, however. It's beer -- French beer. (Full article: 671 words)