The Californian Kermit Lynch is one of the main importers of French wines to the US. This book recounts his experience and his encounters on the routes of our vineyards that he has traveled for many years in search of the object of his delights. In this euphoric pursuit, we cross paths with wine figures well known to readers of the Revue du Vin de France: Aubert de Villaine, Henri Jayer, Charles Joguet, Gérard Chave, François Raveneau, and many others...

It is refreshing, in a world where valuable real estate inevitably goes to the highest bidder, to see proud locals upholding tradition in the face of massive financial pressures. Carmelo Vecchio and Rosa La Guzza grew up on the northern face of Mount Etna, and they never imagined the rural slopes their ancestors farmed would one day become a commodity highly sought after by wealthy investors from outside of Sicily...