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The Ripening Sun
Patricia Atkinson
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Description for The Ripening Sun
Paperback. A remarkable story of struggle and transformation. After emigrating in 1990, Patricia Atkinson began life in the Dordogne with 4 hectares of vines - now she has a major estate of 21 hectares, her wines have won awards and have been adopted by wine merchants throughout the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WBXD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
For most people giving up the day job and moving to a beautiful area of France and living off the vines is an impossible but delicious dream. In 1990, Patricia Atkinson and her husband decided to sell up in Britain and emigrate to the Dordogne. Their idea was to buy a house with a few vines attached and employ someone to tend to the wine while they earned their living with some financial consultancy work. There followed a series of disasters: the stock market crashed leaving their small holding as their sole source of income; the first red wine harvest ... Read more
For most people giving up the day job and moving to a beautiful area of France and living off the vines is an impossible but delicious dream. In 1990, Patricia Atkinson and her husband decided to sell up in Britain and emigrate to the Dordogne. Their idea was to buy a house with a few vines attached and employ someone to tend to the wine while they earned their living with some financial consultancy work. There followed a series of disasters: the stock market crashed leaving their small holding as their sole source of income; the first red wine harvest ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099443162
SKU
V9780099443162
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Patricia Atkinson
Patricia Atkinson has already been the subject of a Channel 4 documentary and there is further TV interest in bringing her life up to date. She has featured in interviews in The Times, Observer and the Evening Standard, and on Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. She owns and runs the award-winning Clos d'Yvigne vineyard in the beautiful Bordeaux wine region ... Read more
Reviews for The Ripening Sun
[an] eloquent tale
Citylife
Remarkable . . . an extraordinarily affecting read
Carla McKay
Daily Mail
Enthralling . . . you end up admiring this plucky, warm-hearted woman and lusting to sample her vinous output
Christopher Hirst
The Independent
Should be required reading for anyone enjoying the vineyard dream...an impressive human story ... Read more
Citylife
Remarkable . . . an extraordinarily affecting read
Carla McKay
Daily Mail
Enthralling . . . you end up admiring this plucky, warm-hearted woman and lusting to sample her vinous output
Christopher Hirst
The Independent
Should be required reading for anyone enjoying the vineyard dream...an impressive human story ... Read more