TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SANDRA LAFFONT Japanese winegrower Hirotake Ooka presses grapes in a tank on September 26, 2016 in Saint Peray near Valence, southeastern France. Hirotake Ooka does not do anything by half. For nearly two decades the former Japanese chemist has been on a quest to make the very best and most natural French wine possible. 760 words by Sandra Laffont. / AFP / PHILIPPE DESMAZES (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images)
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