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The Vineyard Venture: An English Family's Life in Sauternes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781036186715)
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xImagine leaving your comfortable life in middle England for a land of glorious hot summers, romantic scenery and exquisite cuisine, to live off the fruits of your own labour on a vineyard in south-west France. If it sounds too idyllic to be true, it probably is!
In July 1986, Nigel Reay-Jones and his wife Georgea sold their house in the Cotswolds and moved, with their five small children, to Château de Commarque, a dilapidated medieval fortified farm-turned hotel-restaurant in the tiny commune of Sauternes, near Bordeaux, with a small vineyard attached in even worse condition than the house.
The Vineyard Venture is the story of the Reay-Joneses' wonderfully bold endeavour to make their dream a reality. From natural disasters and baffling bureaucracy to crumbling medieval walls and hypochondriac chefs, there was plenty sent their way to derail it. But time and again, the Reay-Joneses proved they were made of sterner stuff. This book, a brilliantly entertaining account written after a decade of laughter, adventure and, without hyperbole, momentous struggle, is a tale for winelovers, Francophiles and dreamers. It is the story of a life lived off the beaten path... down a bumpy track and at the end of a narrow lane in one of Bordeaux's smallest and most revered wine-producing areas.
Author: Nigel Reay-Jones
ISBN-10: 1036186717
ISBN-13: 9781036186715
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2026
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
In July 1986, Nigel Reay-Jones and his wife Georgea sold their house in the Cotswolds and moved, with their five small children, to Château de Commarque, a dilapidated medieval fortified farm-turned hotel-restaurant in the tiny commune of Sauternes, near Bordeaux, with a small vineyard attached in even worse condition than the house.
The Vineyard Venture is the story of the Reay-Joneses' wonderfully bold endeavour to make their dream a reality. From natural disasters and baffling bureaucracy to crumbling medieval walls and hypochondriac chefs, there was plenty sent their way to derail it. But time and again, the Reay-Joneses proved they were made of sterner stuff. This book, a brilliantly entertaining account written after a decade of laughter, adventure and, without hyperbole, momentous struggle, is a tale for winelovers, Francophiles and dreamers. It is the story of a life lived off the beaten path... down a bumpy track and at the end of a narrow lane in one of Bordeaux's smallest and most revered wine-producing areas.
Author: Nigel Reay-Jones
ISBN-10: 1036186717
ISBN-13: 9781036186715
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2026
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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