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Tynged: a tasting of wine history
Young Charlemagne’s little sister Gisela loves her Bible studies and the stories of the Saint’s grand adventures against pagan witches and magic. When fairies entrap their little brother in the Saumur courtyard’s great old grapevine, though, it forces her to choose between her own future or saving his. She decides to hide amongst the young children of the village families, whose parents are prisoners marched towards Charles in the Breton March.
Swept along with the rebellious vineyard workers, she must cross the lines of privilege and culture to make new friends along the way. But what will this journey cost her in body and soul to find Charles and try to save the enchanted vine of their little brother with an indulgence? And can she find her way back into Royal good graces?
The fate of red wine in the Loire Valley may well hang the balance.
Swept along with the rebellious vineyard workers, she must cross the lines of privilege and culture to make new friends along the way. But what will this journey cost her in body and soul to find Charles and try to save the enchanted vine of their little brother with an indulgence? And can she find her way back into Royal good graces?
The fate of red wine in the Loire Valley may well hang the balance.
296 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 29, 2019
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About the author
Donald Furrow-Scott
4 books5 followersJourneyman vigneron & wine-maker Donald Furrow-Scott writes novels about wine grapes through-out time and history. Decades of winemaking, as well as tasting room story-telling to hundreds of thousands of people, have helped Donald craft these novels into fictional adventures set in factual wine knowledge and richly detailed historical settings while flirting with wine fantasy.
Immortalize is set in 8th Century BC Phoenicia & Iberia. Tynged takes place at the seeds of young Charlemagne’s early court in 8th century AD France. Children of Breton takes place amongst the intrigues of Cardinal Richelieu’s 17th century Loire Valley. The Changeling and The Blackbird take place in the 18th-century world of the Tarn and Bordeaux. The only common characters between the various series are the grapevines themselves. Donald’s stories drop the over-pretentiousness that steeps so much of modern wine culture, favoring the ancient view of wine as the basic staple of life it was in history.
Donald invites you to a deeper, personal barrel-tasting of his writing at www.winesanvil.com, Facebook (Wine’s Anvil Novels), and Twitter (#winesanvil).
Immortalize is set in 8th Century BC Phoenicia & Iberia. Tynged takes place at the seeds of young Charlemagne’s early court in 8th century AD France. Children of Breton takes place amongst the intrigues of Cardinal Richelieu’s 17th century Loire Valley. The Changeling and The Blackbird take place in the 18th-century world of the Tarn and Bordeaux. The only common characters between the various series are the grapevines themselves. Donald’s stories drop the over-pretentiousness that steeps so much of modern wine culture, favoring the ancient view of wine as the basic staple of life it was in history.
Donald invites you to a deeper, personal barrel-tasting of his writing at www.winesanvil.com, Facebook (Wine’s Anvil Novels), and Twitter (#winesanvil).
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November 29, 2019
A great voyage into the past, with a good mix of adventure and mysticism. Some parts I felt had slight pacing issues, but it was an entertaining read.
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