Novels featuring wine making

[comeauch]

Hi all!

Do you guys know any novel featuring wine making?
Thinking back, I think it's reading Mo Yan's novel "The Republic of Wine" that got me started. Unusual, but it describes fruit wine making (in a crazy way) and lots of brandy...

Nothing would go better along than homemade wine with a good novel about it ;P


P.S.: Or just books where wine plays a prominent role!

 

[the_rayway]

There's a Nora Roberts novel where the main characters are owners of a winery. The story was not bad.

 

[sour_grapes]

Proof, by Richard Francis. (I don't know if his first name is really Richard, but the forum won't let me say "D1ck."

Really, nearly any of Petey Mayle's books, such as A Year in Provence, Toujours Provence, or A Good Year.

 

[ShelleyDickison]

There's a Nora Roberts novel where the main characters are owners of a winery. The story was not bad.

I love Nora Roberts books. Which one is this, I can't seem to remember.

 

[cpfan]

I love Nora Roberts books. Which one is this, I can't seem to remember.

Googling "Nora Roberts winery" brought up "The Villa".
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0515132187/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Steve

 

[seth8530]

The Cossacks by Tolstoy features a lot of "Chikir" and some elements of viticulture.. But I would not say the novel is focused on it.

 

[JohnT]

Try "A vineyard in Tuscany" by Ferenc Mate. It is a true account of restoring an old 13th century abbey and converting it into a winery and vineyard. Very entertaining.

 

[ShelleyDickison]

Googling "Nora Roberts winery" brought up "The Villa". http://www.amazon.ca/The-Villa-Nora-Roberts/dp/0515132187 Steve

Thank You.

 

[the_rayway]

Thank You.

Hi Shelley,
Apologies, that is the book I mentioned

 

[REDRUM]

I picked up an old copy of "Labourers in the Vineyard" by Colin Thiele - set amongst the Barossa Deutsch community in SA. Looks like an interesting snapshot of a unique regional culture, haven't read it yet though!