Vintage

by Olivia Darling

Book Overview

Power Madeleine Arsenault is returning home after her father's death--determined to prove that she can save her family's debt-ridden business and run the most prestigious champagne house in France....... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340953209
• ISBN13: 9780340953204
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 4.4"

Customer Reviews

sex and the city in Europe and California

I miss not being able to watch new episodes of Sex and the City or endless movies like "Priceless" or "The Girl From Monaco". This book plants you in a place in between yet adds sophistication and thankfully - better sex. A fun journey and an expected, yet also unexpected ending. Loved it and I can't wait for Darling's next book "Priceless" later this year and "Temptation" in 2011.

entertaining witty satire

Madeline Arsenault returns to France following the death of her renowned vintner father to save the declining near bankrupt family business. Londoner Kelly Eldon would prefer to sell her inheritance from the father she never met when he was alive, but the will stipulates five years as the owner. Supermodel Christina Morgan received one thing from her former husband that she rejoices in, a California vineyard that she believes will allow her to prove she is not just a has been. While the three ladies strive to win the prize for best sparkling wine of the year, Mathieu Randon plans to prevent the newcomers from competing fairly with his vintage. Soon the four rivals will understand what vino veritas means. VINTAGE is an entertaining witty satire that lampoons the fifteen minutes of celebrity fame in modern western society through her strong cast; especially the three female vintners. The story line contains an interesting insider look at winemaking that is interwoven into the prime plot of the contest for the prize. Wickedly clever with its mild mocking of knighting people as the icon of the nanosecond, readers will appreciate Olivia Darling's intelligent contemporary while wondering if VINTAGE will make her a bestselling star. Harriet Klausner