What one word would describe you?
Dramatic

What do you fear the most?
Teething toddlers

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My children

What is your greatest regret?
Not sleeping more before I had them

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Off the grid with my boys with a stolen shipment of very fancy wine

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
So?

What is your favourite journey?
Down the aisle

Who or what is the greatest love of your life?
Roshan.

What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
One where the weather is as black as my soul! I truly hate sunshine

For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
Time

If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?
A working metabolism

Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time?
Taking all my annual leave in one go

What is your most treasured possession?
My silver pigeon ring

What is your greatest extravagance?
Good cheese

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
To be less unadventurous with food

What would you be doing in 20 years?
Sex, drugs and rock n roll!

What is your motto?
The signs are everywhere

What do you think has been the strength behind your success?
Wine… lots and lots of wine

When you’re 90 years old, what will matter most to you?
To remember where I left my wine

What impact do you want to leave on the world?
I am a woman’s woman…so maybe for women will treat each other better… or maybe they’ll name a new wine after me

On what occasion do you lie?
When I want my children to listen to me

What is your most marked characteristic?
My uninhibited and entirely unreasonable emotional outbursts

Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
Daniel Knauf: I want to know why ‘Carnivale’ Season 3 was cancelled!

 

[Illustration by: Yomal Vajrajith Payagala]