Wine
Dave Smith > wrote:
>Steve Pope wrote:
>> I have always assumed they hid away all the great Bordeaux made during
>> the occupation years, and sold it all as '45 afterwards.
>According to the book "Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the
>Battle for France's Greatest Treasure ", the Germans pillaged most of
>the good wines and drank them or sent them back to Germany. The author
>claims that the vintners changed the labels so the Nazis thought they
>were getting the good stuff.
I started reading that book but didn't get very far... great
subject matter but stilted writing style.
I should buckle down and plow through it sometime.
Steve
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