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Wine and War

The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

By: Donald Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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Wine and War

The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

By: Donald Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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.

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0767904486

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Wine and War

By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

Wine & War tells the little-known story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious and often daring measures to save their finest and most precious wines as the Nazis closed in on them.

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0750518944

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Champagne Charlie

The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne

By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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Champagne Charlie

The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne

By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

Champagne Charlie tells the story of a dashing young Frenchman, Charles Heidsieck, who introduced hard-drinking Americans to champagne in the mid-nineteenth century and became famously known as Champagne Charlie. Ignoring critics who warned that America was a dangerous place to do business, Heidsieck plunged right in, considering it “the land of opportunity” and succeeding there beyond his wildest dreams. Those dreams, however, became a nightmare when the Civil War erupted and he was imprisoned and nearly executed after being charged with spying for the Confederacy. Only after the Lincoln administration intervened was Heidsieck’s life saved, but his champagne business had gone bankrupt and was virtually dead. Then, miraculously, Heidsieck became owner of nearly half the city of Denver, the fastest-growing city in the West. By selling the land, Heidsieck was eventually able to resurrect his business to its former glory. For all its current-day glamour, effervescence, and association with the high life, champagne had a lackluster start. It was pale red in color, insipid in taste, and completely flat. In fact, champagne-makers, including the legendary Dom Pérignon, fought strenuously to eliminate bubbles. Champagne’s success can be traced back to King Louis XV and his mistress Madame de Pompadour, Napoleon Bonaparte, countless wars and prohibitions, and, most important to the United States, Charles Heidsieck. Champagne Charlie tells the history of champagne and the thrilling tale of how the go-to celebratory drink of our time made its way to the United States, thanks to the controversial figure of Heidsieck.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640125035

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Champagne

How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times

By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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Champagne

How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times

By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

The sparkling wine’s untold dramatic history, from the thirteenth century to two world wars and the twenty-first century, by the bestselling authors of Wine and War. “The blood history of Champagne has been told before, but not in such a breezy, easygoing volume. Good froth.” —New York Times It’s been said that Champagne in northern France has been the site of more bloody battles, fiery incursions, and large-scale wars than any other place on Earth. From the time of Attila the Hun to the Germans in World War II, countless invaders have tried to conquer this strife-torn land. Yet somehow it managed to become the birthplace of the world’s most beloved wine. In this engrossing and unforgettable history, author Don and Peite Kladstrup show how this sparkling wine, born of bloodshed, became a symbol of glamour, good times, and celebration. It’s a story filled with larger-than-life characters: Dom Pérignon, the father of champagne, who, contrary to popular belief, worked his entire life to keep bubbles out of champagne; the Sun King, Louis XIV, who rarely drank anything else; and Napoleon, who, in trying to conquer the world, introduced it to champagne. Compelling, dramatic, eye-opening, and utterly fascinating, Champagne will forever change how you look at a glass of bubbly. “A lovingly written ode to this incomparable, festive wine.” —Newsday (New York) “[An] outstanding contribution to popular wine history. . . . A delight.” —Wine Enthusiast

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Harper Collins

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006201305X

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Wine and War

The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

By: Donald Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

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Champagne Charlie

The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne

By: Don Kladstrup,Petie Kladstrup

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The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne

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