For many years a farmer in England, John Lewis-Stempel yearned to live in a rural landscape as he did in childhood.
He wanted to be self-sufficient, to make his own wine and learn the secrets of truffle farming. Buying an old honey-coloured limestone house with bright blue shutters, the Lewis-Stempels began their new life. Over that first year, John falls in love with the French countryside and living the good life – or as the French say, La Vie.
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