![]() ![]() In other words, the authors treat their story much as the French treat their finest wine. The resulting feel is of a scene turning again and again, taking on character and complexity in a natural way. In other cases they had to settle for a younger generation whose memories may be of hiding from the Nazis in a vineyard or hearing tales passed down through the family. In some cases they were fortunate enough to speak with older men and women, first-person players in this war within the war. In telling their story of the war-long Nazi assault on France's best from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhone and Alsace, Don and Petie Kladstrup pull journalist duty conducting interview after interview. Unlike most veterans in the United States, French men and women old enough to remember find this a troubling period indeed. For just as the French like to say "the wine remembers," alluding to its ability in the glass to speak of every good or bad day it ever encountered, this story of good and evil battling over wine offers a remarkable if quirky entree into the larger history of World War II. ![]()
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