Shadows in the Vineyard

Posted on 11 August 2018 by Maximillian Potter

Best Book of the Month, July 2014 Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Roman e Conti, Burgundy s finest and most expensive wine. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Roman e 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. Free Read Books Shadows in the Vineyard By Maximillian Potter – kino-fada.fr After all whether boom or bust, it s a bullish market for booze The Romanee Conti Domaine vineyard , a national treasure in the Burgundian countryside, is overseen by le grande monsieur , an honorific bestowed on Monsieur de Villaine because his heart is on the earth There technically is no French word for winemaker as French philosophy states that no man makes wine God does Burgundian vignerons deal almost exclusively with the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay varietals, with over thirteen h After all whether boom or bust, it s a bullish market for booze The Romanee Conti Domaine vineyard , a national treasure in the Burgundian countryside, is overseen by le grande monsieur , an honorific bestowed on Monsieur de Villaine because hi...An informative read.There really isn t enough material about the crime itself to fill a book, but Potter has also provided enough history of the Domaine and its owners to make it interesting The pages of Louis XV history was not necessary, and the author repeated himself in several cases, but overall it was an informative read, adding some background to almost anyone s knowledge of the region and players in the all important Burgundy region.There was a useful illustration of the Burgundy region An informative read.There really isn t enough material about the crime itself to fill a book, but Potter has also provided enough history of the Domaine ...RecenzieIt is tr s annoying when an crivain randomly sprinkles his texte with words en fran ais It is also annoying that his publisher editor couldn t be bothered to have someone check the French for errors and missteps, both for language senteur is feminine, not masculine and cultural references how can you go on about French Protestants and never mention the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes Naturally, by someone , I mean myself Ultimately, this book promisesthan it delivers The p It is tr s annoying when an crivain randomly sprinkles his texte with words en fran ais It is also annoying that his publisher editor couldn t be bothered to have someone check the French for errors and missteps, both for language senteur is feminine, not masculine and cultural references how can you go on about French Protestants and never mention the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes Naturally, by someone , I mean myself Ultimately, this book promisesthan it delivers The plot in question was dreamt up by a lone madman who only figures for a couple of chapters The story of Aubert de la Villaine is slightlycompelling the story of the prince de Conti, not as well told And what is with the bizarre formulation of calling Madame de Pompadour the Madame In the Acknowledgements, the author either anticipates such criticisms, or indulges in false modesty, when he writes, If I have made mistakes in presenting this story, I hope they do not distract from the ma...a true crime category of book, but author reaches forand we get history of cote d or, the familys back stories of how the ended up being very very rich farmers, french history of 1750 s and how this particular vineyard was named romanee de conti the prince de conti, louise XV s cousin, the prince and pompadour hated, HATED each other, oh plus the prince just may have tried to goad the protestants and english to attack XV , the crime itself, a rather diabolical but mundane hair brain sche a true crime category of book, but author reaches forand we get history of cote d or, the familys back stories of how the ended up being very very rich farmers, french history of 1750 s and how this particular vineyard was named romanee de conti the prince de conti, louise XV s cousin, the prince and pompadour hated, HATED each other, oh plus the prince just may have tried to goad the protestants and english to attack XV , the crime itself, a rather diabolical but mundane hair brain scheme by ...The crime mentioned in the title of this book could take up about twenty pages It is not a particularly compelling crime to begin with and the rest of the book comes across as disjointed filler The other themes, the 1700 s part and the family hist...A great article in Vanity Fair that should have stayed an article I finally got annoyed about halfway through the book about the way the author was manipulating the flimsy amount of material to hold my interest as a reader for an entire book and went and found the original articl...Interesting There s a book on everything But who has heard of the sinister plot to poison a vineyard And ALL the history that is behind this particular vineyard Royalty Intrigue Dark Criminal Mind Plot to ransom antidote to poisoned vines Family turned on family in vineyard ownership Distribution intrigue And the Vine Whisperer , The Gran...This book makes me want to try a burgundy wine, the La T che 2008 vintage to be precise, which belongs to the Domaine de la Roman e Conti Maximillian Porter, a self proclaimed beer and whiskey lover, describes the wines and the vineyards and his reactions to them in an extremely poetic manner and transports you into this incredible alternative world that the non wine drinker has no idea exists This writing deserves 4 or 5 stars The storytelling itself though, which are accounts of events dati This book makes me want to try a burgundy wine, the La T che 2008 vintage to be precise, which belongs to the Domaine de la Roman e Conti Maximillian Porter, a self pr...This was tough for a star rating The author Potter initially wrote this story for a magazine I bet condensed into a magazine article it was probably really interesting and great to read As a book not so much It is an interesting story, but I feel like the author literally took his article and to make it a book wrote pages and pages about the history of each and every person that remotely touched the story It was distracting, WAY too much detail, and confused me as the reader The first This was tough for a star rating The author Potter initially wrote this story for a magazine I bet condensed into a magazine article it was probably really interesting and great to read As a book not so much It is an interesting story, but I feel like the author literally took his article and to make it a book wrote pages and pages about the history of each and every person that remotely touched the story It was distracting, WAY too much detail, and confused me as the reader The first two chapters I really enjoyed I was into the pacing, it was relaxing and interesting to learn about Burgundy and how they make the wine But then it left the vineyard and the book left the interesting realm and went to drudgery Why would an editor allow this I am a Francophile so I was extremely annoyed when the author admitted in the beginning of the book that he spent m...

11 August 2018

Maximillian Potter