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“In 1866, in order to market Burgundy as a tourist destination and promote its wines, political and business leaders decided to add the name of each village’s best vineyard to that name of the village itself. Chambolle became Chambolle-Musigny; Gevrey, Gevrey-Chambertin; Morey, Morey-St.-Denis; Puligny, Puligny-Montrachet; and so on. The tiny heart of all of Burgundy became Vosne-Romanée.”
― Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine
― Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine
“One must have only one master—nature,â€� Pissarro had said. Renoir had put it this way: “You come to nature with your theories and she knocks them all flat.â€� And Monet—ah, Monet. Was it any wonder he described it best of all? “A landscape hardly exists at all as a landscape because its appearance is changing in every moment. But it lives through its ambiance, through the air and light, which vary constantly.”
― Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine
― Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine
“There was another story that Henri shared, this one because there was a lesson it. The Germans gave very few rations, mostly in the form of ball-shaped loaves of bread. The bread was given out infrequently, every couple of days. Henri said that many of the younger men, when they received the bread, would ravenously eat it all at once. Immediately after, these young men would sit full and satisfied, but then in the coming days they would have nothing to eat. It was feast and then famine, physically and psychologically, because their stomachs were tied to their minds. Every time it was the same. It seemed these men had no memory and surrendered to their stomachs. On the other hand, the older, more disciplined men, when they received the bread, would eat only a very small amount and would ration the rest to themselves in the days when there was no bread handed out. They would never feel full, but they were never without something to eat. Little Aubert understood the moral: On the days that you have bread, be mindful there will be days when you will not have any.”
― Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine
― Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine
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