 A descendant of the Gineste de Saurs family in southern France, he was seeking to establish an assured market for the wines produced by the family's Château de Saurs winery in Lisle-sur-Tarn, 50 kilometres northeast of Toulouse.In place of the previous Italian menu, he decided the restaurant would offer the traditional French bistro meal of "steak-frites" as its only main dish, with no other option.Where most restaurants served "steak-frites" with herbed butter, Le Relais de Venise instead served the dish with a complex butter-based sauce.