The Vineyard Venture
An English Family's Life in Sauternes
$67.11
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2026
Summary
Imagine 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 tin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036186715 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036186717 |
| Author: | Nigel Reay-Jones |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Nigel Reay-Jones
Born in London in 1947, Nigel Reay-Jones studied zoology and entomology at Oxford. He was also a classical guitarist and met his wife Georgea at the Oxford Classical Guitar Society. Amongst his many interests, Nigel was a Francophile and was passionate about wine and winemaking. In 1986 Nigel and Georgea fulfilled their dream of moving from the Cotswolds to a chateau in the Bordeaux region of France, where they made Sauternes sweet white wine, ran a hotel and restaurant and raised their five children.
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