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Shadows in the Vineyard

The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine

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Shadows in the Vineyard

Auteur(s): Maximillian Potter
Narrateur(s): Donald Corren
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 Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine.

In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of his priceless vines by poison—a crime that in the world of high-end wine is akin to murder—unless he paid a one million euro ransom. Villaine believed it to be a sick joke, but that proved a fatal miscalculation and the crime shocked this fabled region of France. The sinister story that Vanity Fair journalist Maximillian Potter uncovered would lead to a sting operation by some of France's top detectives, the primary suspect's suicide, and a dramatic investigation. This botanical crime threatened to destroy the fiercely traditional culture surrounding the world's greatest wine.

Shadows in the Vineyard takes us deep into a captivating world full of fascinating characters, small-town French politics, an unforgettable narrative, and a local culture defined by the twinned veins of excess and vitality and the deep reverent attention to the land that runs through it. Crime Escrocs, canulars et tromperies Europe True Crime Romance
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Jumping around different time periods while mentioning a lot of french names at the same time makes the book(especially audiobook) very hard to follow. You either need to speak french or have at least WSET L4 to make sense of what's going on. If you are one of the few who can keep up with everything, this book is quite good for understanding the history of burgundy wine.

Interesting, but confusing.

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Interesting story but it jumped all over the place with different wine history of the vineyard that spanned over 200 years. I found it hard to follow and remember all the names mentioned

Hard to follow

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