| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0767904486 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0767904483 |
| No of pages | 328 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Broadway Books |
| Published Date | 30 Apr 2002 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0767904486 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0767904483 |
| No of pages | 328 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Broadway Books |
| Published Date | 30 Apr 2002 |
Don and Petie Kladstrup are former journalists who have written extensively about wine and France for numerous publications. Don, a winner of three Emmys and numerous other awards, was a foreign correspondent for ABC and CBS television news.
Petie, an Overseas Press Club winner, was a newspaper journalist and more recently protocol officer for the U.S. ambassador to UNESCO. The Kladstrups divide their time between Paris and Normandy.
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The remarkable untold story of France’s courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country’s most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II.
"To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine." – Claude Terrail, owner, Restaurant La Tour d’Argent
In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown–until now.
This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France.