{"product_id":"shadows-in-the-vineyard","title":"Shadows in the Vineyard","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmazon Best Book of the Month, July 2014Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romane-Conti, Burgundys finest and most expensive wine.In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romane-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of his priceless vines by poison-a crime that in the world of high-end wine is akin to murder-unless he paid a one million euro ransom. Villaine believed it to be a sick joke, but that proved a fatal miscalculation and the crime shocked this fabled region of France. The sinister story that Vanity Fair journalist Maximillian Potter uncovered would lead to a sting operation by some of Frances top detectives, the primary suspects suicide, and a dramatic investigation. This botanical crime threatened to destroy the fiercely traditional culture surrounding the worlds greatest wine.SHADOWS IN THE VINEYARD takes us deep into a captivating world full of fascinating characters, small-town French politics, an unforgettable narrative, and a local culture defined by the twinned veins of excess and vitality and the deep reverent attention to the land that runs through it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Twelve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45885776003270,"sku":"DADAX1455516090","price":20.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/617_9a6zYHL.jpg?v=1779875980","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/shadows-in-the-vineyard","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}