1.   The period of maturation is determined by the cellar master.

2.   But assistant cellar master and Chateau Lafite chef Bruno Boeuf filled in.

3.   He has been working for five years with Thierry Gasca, now the Pommery cellar master.

4.   In addition, cellar master Francois Nodet had to fly home to France on Tuesday after his father died.

5.   Participants come as the guests of the chateau owners and meet wine makers and cellar masters.

6.   There was no formal tour the day I visited, but cellar master Mike Sinor explained the winemaking process.

7.   Two years later when the cellar master left, she got the job, the first woman at Windows to do so.