A Village in the Vineyards
by Thomas Matthews, $23.00
Thomas Matthews reveals a way of life balanced between
past and future,
but hey... isn't everything?
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Vulnerable
to the seductions of the simple life still to be found in the French
countryside,
the author, an editor of Wine Spectator, and his friend Sara (later
to become his wife), a photographer, left New York City in 1986
to spend
a year
in France. They ended up in Ruch, a tiny village in the heart
of Bordeaux that is known for its bountiful vineyards. Renting
a charming,
if poorly heated, renovated presbytery, they settled
in to learn
about
wines
and
wine-making, to savor the local cuisine and to enjoy their neighbors.
Like similar records, this
couple's account of their new surrounding culture initially deals
with gossip overheard in the general store
and with problems of physical comfort. But
gradually their friendliness percolates through the community and
win them
invitations to dinner and shared neighborly intimacies which,
in a society otherwise famously closed to strangers, are rare
rewards.
Particularly appealing is the author's enthusiastic discussion
of delicious menus and the tastes of wines; his fond but unsentimental
portrait of a French agricultural community is enhanced by his
wife's photographs of their amis Ruchelais.
Other Books on French Wine, Regions, and Travel:
The Story of Champagne
The Cognac Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide
Le Montrachet
Alsace: Its Wine Gardens, Cellars, & Cuisine
Alsace Wines
Touring in Wine Country: The Rhone
The Wine Atlas of France & Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards
A Traveler's Wine Guide to France
Hardcover, 9.75 by 6.75 inches, 261 pages
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