The Lost Vintage

Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page turning novel about a woman who returns to her family s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War IITo become one of only a few hundred certified wine experts in the world, Kate must pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine Examination She s failed twice before her third attempt will be her last Suddenly finding herself without a job and with the test a few months away, she travels to Burgundy, to spend the fall at the vineyard estate that has belonged to her family for generations There she can bolster her shaky knowledge of Burgundian vintages and reconnect with her cousin Nico and his wife Heather, who now oversee the grapes day to day management The one person Kate hopes to avoid is Jean Luc, a neighbor vintner and her first love.At the vineyard house, Kate is eager to help her cousins clean out the enormous basement that is filled with generations of discarded and forgotten belongings Deep inside the cellar, behind a large armoire, she discovers a hidden room containing a cot, some Resistance pamphlets, and an enormous cache of valuable wine Piqued by the secret space, Kate begins to dig into her family s history a search that takes her back to the dark days of the Second World War and introduces her to a relative she never knew existed, a great half aunt who was teenager during the Nazi occupation.As she learns about her family, the line between Resistance and Collaboration blurs, driving Kate to find the answers to two crucial questions Who, exactly, did her family aid during the difficult years of the war And what happened to six valuable bottles of wine that seem to be missing from the cellar s collection New Download The Lost Vintage [ author ] Ann Mah [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 5 delectable stars to The Lost Vintage The Lost Vintage introduces Kate as she returns to her family s vineyard in Burgundy, France, and while there, she uncovers a hidden room containing a lost diary and a host of secrets The most intriguing was a family picture from the late 1930s containing an unknown person Who was it Another family member And why wouldn t Kate know who this person was The Lost Vintage is broken into two narratives one being Kate s as she seeks to become one 5 delectable stars to The Lost Vintage The Lost Vintage introduces Kate as she returns to her family s vineyard in Burgundy, France, and while there, she uncovers a hidden room containing a lost diary and a host of secrets The mos...The world needs novels like The Lost Vintage page turning tales that remind us both of the power of the human spirit and the mystery of the human heart The Lost Vintage moves seamlessly between the indignities and horrors of occu...4.5 starsThe Lost Vintage is a beautifully crafted tale told in a dual timeline format, and both stories are equally compelling In the present day tale, Kate is studying to pass the Master of Wine Examination and travels to her family estate in Burgundy to attempt to master the Burgundian vintages While there, she uncovers a hidden room filled with World War 2 Resistance pamphlets and a vast amount of valuable wine Spurred on by her discovery, Kate delves into her family s past and uncovers a 4.5 starsThe Lost Vintage is a beautifully crafted tale told in a dual timeline format, and both stor..., ,, .The Lost Vintage was immediately alluring, as I am both a wine lover and Francophile These elements alone would have been enough, but Ann Mah s characters, and the way that their lives intersect with family secrets kept since the Second World War, kept my inte..., ,, ,,, ,, .This is the first book that I ve read by Ann Mah and it definitely won t be the last This was a fantastic well written novel that takes place in France with a dual time line of present day and the 1940s during WWII It had mystery, romance and took place in France what can be better than that Usually when books are written with dual time lines, I like one story better than the other In The Lost Vintage, I found both story lines interesting and intriguing Helene s time starts pre WWII when s This is the first book that I ve read by Ann Mah and it definitely won t be the last This was a fantastic well written novel that takes place in France with a dual time line...Smart, tender hearted and warm, this book moves between two worlds Nazi occupied France and today where a sommelier heads from the US back to her French family to hone her skills to prepare for her master sommelier exam While there, she stumbles upon family secrets that have been buried since WWII I laughed, I cried, and...This was a Goodreads win thank you I loved this book, in fact I started it and read it in one day, I had to know how it ended.Kate lives in the USA she is trying to pass the Master of Wine examination, she is stressing over it, as she has failed in the past As a child, her French mother use to take her back to the family vineyards in France to be with family She later fell in love with Jean Luc who s family had the vineyard down the road, however, she returns to the USA instead of marrying Je This was a Goodreads win thank you I loved this book, in fact I started it and read it in one day, I had to know how it ended.Kate lives in the USA she is trying to pass the Master of Wine examination, she is stressing over it, as she has failed in the past As a child, her French mother use to take her back to the family vineyards in France to be with family She later fell in love with Jean Luc who s family had the vineyard down the road, however, she returns to the USA instead of marr...The Lost Vintage is a gripping story of a young woman who returns to her family s ancestral home in Burgundy to study for the Master of Wine exam While helping to clean out the cellar, she discovers a secret cave filled with thousands of bottles of wine hidden before Nazi occupation during WWII As she delves into her family s secret past, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family and what is important in her own life Told in alternating sections of present day an The Lost Vintage is a gripping story of a young woman who returns to her family s ancestral home in Burgundy to study for the Master of Wine exam While helping to clean out the cellar, she discovers a secret cave filled with thousands of bottles of wine hidden before Nazi occupation during WWII As she delves into her family s secret past, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family and what is important in her own life Told in alternating sections of present day and diary entries from the past, Ann Mah does a wonderful job describing the setting in Burgundy and Occupied France The historical details of the war and the Resistance were woven into the story and portray the horrors, heartbreak, and atrocities of that devastating period of time Having visited that region myself, and having walked the caves under the city of Beaune and heard the stories of wine hidden behind false walls to protect the bottles from the Nazi army, I felt a deep connec...

• English
• 01 September 2018
Ann Mah
• Hardcover
• 384 pages
• 0062823310
• Ann Mah
• The Lost Vintage