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  • Very informational and educational not only for the wine lover in you but for World War I and II buffs as well. It is amazing the lengths people went to, to save their wine crops during these wars and in between because of the livelihood the wine brought to France. I read it as part of a book club ... Continue

    Very informational and educational not only for the wine lover in you but for World War I and II buffs as well. It is amazing the lengths people went to, to save their wine crops during these wars and in between because of the livelihood the wine brought to France. I read it as part of a book club I belong to, therefore it wasn't something I would pick up on my own but I was glad I read it.

    

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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.