by Patrick de Gmeline · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266269186
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Between Reims and Epernay, two families over eight generations, the Ruinarts and the Verzenays, tell two centuries of history, expertise, and collaboration between wealthy owners and winegrowers who, together, gave the best of their lands: Champagne wine. In 1729, as Dom Pérignon discovers how to make wine sparkle, champagne begins its expansion throughout Europe.
In the shadows of the cellars, the novel follows two families who contributed to the renown of the "sparkling wine": the Ruinarts, "heads of house" or owners, and the Verzenays, "cellar masters" or winegrowers, while sentimental intrigues intertwine between the members of the two families. Shaken by the upheavals of history, but driven by a passion for the land and the vine, the Ruinarts and the Verzenays perpetuate a unique expertise and recount two hundred years of life in the Champagne region.
