Winemaker Detective: Red-Handed in Romanée-Conti (Paperback)

from aslan7

This winemaker mystery was interesting, since the mystery really took a back seat to the process of producing wine and the lives of those who work in that discrete agriculture. The descriptions of the vineyards and the ways the grapes are handled, the perils and pleasures - they were the central ...

from Joan.Cobb

I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This novel is part of a mystery series but is not the first in the series. It was a fine enough read and the setting and info about wine and the growing of grapes was interesting. The mysterious death seemed very much a side thread...

from DKnight0918

Did not realize this was part of a series at first, may have liked more if I had read the rest of the series first.

from Seaside-Reader

Wine, mystery and France! I learned a great deal about wine and winemaking in the process of reading this book. It seemed tha the mystery was a simple vehicle for transferring the information rather than the driving force behind the detail. Still, I felt it was worth the read just to learn about ...

from Constant2m

Red-handed in Romanée-Conti was my introduction to Alaux and Balen's Winemaker Detective series. I loved it! Unlike other foreign books I have read, the translation was clean and smart, making the story a pleasure to read as well, but introducing ideas and terms that were new to me. There is a lo...