Steve Pope wrote:
> 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.


Stilted? I had to wonder when I got to the part about how French troops
were the first to Eagle's Nest and got all their wine back. I watched
Band of Brothers and saw the episode about capturing the Eagle's nest
and finding all the wine, and he also talks about it in his book. It
seems there is some controversy over who was the first there, with
Americans and French both claiming the honours.