Wine, Beer, and Champagne Dictionary by Jean Pruvost | Honoré Champion

A welcome dictionary for the holiday season; for a wide audience with at least two of the three beverages enjoyed by all.

A glass of wine with cheese, a beer on a terrace, and a glass of champagne celebrating a success, all pleasant situations experienced by the vast majority of us, but also by many women and men of letters and specialists, who can delve into history to bring out specific facts, testimonies, curiosities, and anecdotes.

There used to exist "Conversation Dictionaries" offering information conducive to the pleasure of conversing, avoiding dullness while opening up horizons. This "cultural and anecdotal" dictionary falls into this category. Besides joyfully enriching one's culture, it allows you, while raising a glass of champagne, to quote a great queen associating it with "a rain of upside-down stars," to declare, as in the Grand Siècle, that the wine served is "to an ear," and that a beer is worthy of Gambrinus and his carillon...

Finally, among other celebrities, one should not fail to enliven the conversation with Apollinaire, Baudelaire, Brassens, Brel, Colette, Flaubert, Hugo, Proust, Rabelais, Rimbaud, George Sand, Verlaine, etc., all invited here because they were very talented and eloquent about wine, beer, and champagne. Enjoy the delightful reading and conversational feast!

Specifications:

• Author: Jean Pruvost
• Publisher: Honoré Champion
• Format: Paperback
• Number of pages: 682 pages
• Language: French
• ISBN: 978-2-38096-078-5