Reviews for Food & wine of France

The average rating for Food & wine of France based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-29 00:00:00 Lynn Baranyi I found "Extremely Pale Rose"to be as light and flavoursome as a "Good"Rose should be.Whilst I would not reccomend this book to anyone who seriously wishes to learn about wine,at the same time it`s light tone(pardon the pun)is part of what makes it a joy to read.Or it may just be the fact that that I picked it up to read during a particularly rain gushing part of our Scottish summer!It`s filled to the brim with Gallic charm and eccentric characters e.g"You know,Jammie,wine in France is a small family.If you become friends with the family then anything is possible,but,Jammie,you don`t want to be an enemy of the family".As this quote comes from page 39 you can see that the quioxtic arrives early on and never leaves.I also liked the spelling of"Jammie" because let`s be honest he is in rather a "jammie"situation.This isn`t a book that takes it`s self too seriously,but,at the same time I think that the odd wine afficionado might still possibly enjoy it!What I have come away with is a yearning to re-introduce myself to the pleasures of "Rose"which I feel I have been seriously neglecting-no doubt down to our rather limited summers because as they say in the book there is no pleasure greater than a glass of chilled Rose on a beautiful summers day!!!I now have the strongest urge to jump straight into Peter Mayles"A Year in Provence"This is the perfect book if you can`t wait to be on holiday.Although if anyone can tell me why there is a little scarlett V.W Beetle on the front of my copy when there is no mention of one in the book I would be most grateful.As I actually purchased the Book due to this image as I adore Original Scarlet Beetles

Review # 2 was written on 2017-09-25 00:00:00 Margaret Marsden This was a pleasant book, written about a true story of a man and his wife who took a year off of work to travel through France looking for the palest Rose. Turned on by a bet made almost in jest while discussing wine on a vacation to France, the conversation soon turned serious and were challenged by the wife of a winemaker to find another rose which was paler than hers. True wine aficianados will be disappointed by the characters' lack of knowldege of wine (their appreciation and curious nature is a plus though) since it doesn't really satisfy the intellectual or scienfic side of wine or winemaking at all. However anyone who'd like to spend a quiet afternoon with an easy to read true tale of a couple who packed it all in to drive around France for a year (and who has secretly thought of doing similar things) will enjoy it!