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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge foe WINE REGIONS from around the world
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Make some room in your lounge foe WINE REGIONS from around the world
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STARS<br />
– & WINE –<br />
Ana de Armas:<br />
“My first glass of wine<br />
was a Rioja”<br />
Four years ago, nobody had heard of her, except in Spain where her career began.<br />
Now, she is on the cover of the leading women’s magazines across the globe.<br />
After achieving international success with the films ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and ‘Knives Out’,<br />
she was chosen to play a James Bond girl in ‘No Time To Die’, and will also star in the<br />
torrid erotic thriller ‘Deep Water’. Her name? Ana. Ana de Armas. She’s 31 years old,<br />
Cuban-Spanish and you haven’t heard the last of her!<br />
Interview by Frank Rousseau, our correspondent in the United States<br />
Photographs: all rights reserved<br />
Ana de Armas with Frank Rousseau<br />
When was the first time you took a sip of this<br />
wonderful beverage we call wine?<br />
Before I was 18, I lived in Cuba. There were no luxuries,<br />
but that didn’t stop me from dreaming of a better<br />
future. The problem was that we didn’t have much<br />
access to the outside world. When I was 18, I was able to<br />
leave for Spain. My maternal grandparents were Spanish<br />
citizens, so I was able to obtain a European passport. I<br />
moved to Madrid to pursue my acting career. I started<br />
in a series called ‘El Internado’ and I left Cuba and its<br />
hardships behind! Though I love my country and my<br />
people deeply! Anyway, once in Spain, I was able to<br />
eat things I enjoyed eating. Most importantly, there was<br />
variety. One day, a group of friends took me to a tapas<br />
bar. That’s where I had my first glass of wine. It was a<br />
Rioja you served yourself from a large oak barrel. It was<br />
great fun! Since then, not a day goes by without me<br />
enjoying some wine.<br />
What kind of wine?<br />
I don’t drink fine wines every day. Sometimes it can be a<br />
simple table wine. I keep an open mind when someone<br />
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