Carlos is the son of a French family of Spanish immigrants in Paris. She is 49 years old and living in Madrid 3. It's in the wine business all my life and within the natural wine movement since its inception back in 1981 in France. It was "grosista" for 30 years, let him be the protagonist of a road movie where the stories of parents of the first natural wines in France, as Marcel Lapierre or Pacalet Philippe and others. Not for naming people and adventures and somehow can not hide a serene longing for those days of wine, experiments and adventures. It is unconditional follower of Le Rouge et le Blanc , the famous French publication on natural wine that appeals to go telling and showing each of the vignerons who names it is a passionate invetigador showing each discovery you do as something that can not do without in life.
Eating and Drinking in La cave du Petit is an intense experience, the quality of products and wild attitude of his host, sometimes confused with bad character. Not so, attest. It is a passionate man who loves what he does and what sells and does not expect of others or of himself that we like everything in life. With respect, working in a very complicated job that combines serve the public while explaining a product that takes time as the natural wine. But before opening a bottle to a customer, warns him that is about to experience an intense experience, rare. I imagine him grumbling, of course, but I imagine forgiving.
Cooking his wife, whose name remains a mystery to me and not bad, and it does wonders. Eggplant patties with cheese, olive pâté terrine with mustard seeds and curry, pig ears conetcan you directly to paradise and sweets ranging from pure chocolate to warm apple pie, a piece of cold cream and a cookie made with lots of butter that can make you lose the paper and look for reasons to repeat.
La cave du Petit is the only shop and wine bar in Madrid and natural as Charles himself said we need more and more promotion, because there are curious wine lovers who want to know and drink more.
The media is increasingly showing interest in proposals how are you, wine lovers come curious on what you can find here more than you get with the intention of taking something to surprise the father, a friend or an unbeliever. The average age of clients Carlos is 35 years, young locals are not wine lovers wild, he says, as a rule now empty bottle of liquor he bought a year ago when the store opened.
Because of its location we can think of is out tour and it is true, but this gives you the possibility after a big dinner, walking around quiet streets to allow time and space in our body to a food and wine experience intense physical spiritual.
After the superb experience of a late summer night in Madrid fall hungrier than nostalgic good time, I went to visit Charles, this time with the intention to present it as it is, in the wild, such as who loves wine, promotes, sells and communicates through sounds and gestures that make it totally personal and unique.
