Fifty days to understand wine differently | Andre Deyrieux

Does geology have a taste? And mineralogy? Does the vine climb trees? Are vineyards deadly? Did the creator of the Statue of Liberty celebrate viticulture? Did the wine from Saint-Georges sail up the Rhône with Frédéric Mistral? Does the wind make the wine? When did people drink sweet Champagne? Is Balzac appreciated in Vouvray? Did the vineyard ruin Lamartine? Do you need a barrel to make a Bercy rib steak? How was the 1855 classification born? Can grapes be manufactured? Is the first act of the French Revolution related to wine? Does chenin heal abrasions? Do we owe Napoleon to the vine? Does Saint-Vincent have competitors? Was the most famous Bible exegete a winemaker? Did our ancestors taste like us? Did Proust drink too much port? Do landscapes help sell wine? Where can you see the torula compniacencis? Where was wine drunk for the first time in France? Is Bordeaux wine a love potion? Which route to take to relive the history of wine in the Mediterranean? The vine and wine tell an eternal epic and constitute a real continent of knowledge. From Jura to Auvergne, from Burgundy to Gaillac, from Bordeaux to Paris, from the Canaries to Santorini, through Champagne, the Promised Land, the Alpine vineyards, and the sands of Languedoc, here are some chapters that in 50 days compete with stories that are both unusual and useful to satisfy the thirst for understanding of the curious amateur. The author, André Deyrieux, a pioneer in wine tourism, creator of the website www.winetourisminfrance.com, is an expert consultant in the valorization of cultural and vineyard heritages. He previously published "Meeting with Modest and Forgotten Grape Varieties," which was awarded a prize by Livres en Vignes and by the International Organization of Vine and Wine.