Patricia Atkinson has now published a follow-up to the very readable "A Ripening Sun" which traced her challenges and realities of buying a vineyard at Gageac et Rouillac near Bergerac (24 Dordogne, Aquitaine). An area I know well, she managed both to entertain and inform, and I learned much about the real work of running a vineyard, getting in the harvest and vinifying the wine. Yes there is the inevitable idioscyncratic cariacature of the French yokel, but some great insights into rural life in a French community. This second book continues the story as she settles into her 15th year in wine!
Her wines have won many plaudits, and she has a good website - CLICK HERE; you can also join her wine club get a guaranteed quantity of wine at a discount plus discounts on accommodation in Bergerac and an annual dinner in London - all designed to make you feel part of the enterprise.
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Keywords: France,Bergerac,Wine,Yvigne
