{"product_id":"9781455516100-shadows-in-the-vineyard-the-true-story-of-a-plot-to-poison-the-worlds-greatest-wine","title":"Potter Maximillian - Shadows In The Vineyard The True Story Of A Plot To Poison The World's Greatest Wine - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: ONE OF THE WALL Street Journal's FIVE BEST Books ON WINE Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance - Conti Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance - Conti the tiny storied vineyard that produces the most expensive exquisite wines in the world received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of his priceless vines by poison - a crime that in the world of high - end wine is akin to murder - unless he paid a one million euro ransom. Villaine believed it to be a sick joke but that proved a fatal miscalculation and the crime shocked this fabled region of France. The sinister story that Vanity Fair journalist Maximillian Potter uncovered would lead to a sting operation by some of France's top detectives the primary suspect's suicide and a dramatic investigation. This botanical crime threatened to destroy the fiercely traditional culture surrounding the world's greatest wine. Shadows in the Vineyard takes us deep into a captivating world full of fascinating characters small - town French politics an unforgettable narrative and a local culture defined by the twinned veins of excess and vitality and the deep reverent attention to the land that runs through it.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Shadows In The Vineyard The True Story Of A Plot To Poison The World's Greatest Wine\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Potter Maximillian\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Little Brown \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781455516100\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 304 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 7\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Wines","brand":"Potter Maximillian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49617136943409,"sku":"IN-G-9781455516100","price":39.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781455516100.jpg?v=1724479119","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781455516100-shadows-in-the-vineyard-the-true-story-of-a-plot-to-poison-the-worlds-greatest-wine","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}