Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this pause-resisting novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II.

To become one of only a few hundred certified wine experts in the world, Kate must pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine examination. She’s failed twice before; her third attempt will be her last chance. Suddenly finding herself without a job and with the test a few months away, she travels to Burgundy to spend the fall at the vineyard estate that has belonged to her family for generations. There she can bolster her shaky knowledge of Burgundian vintages and reconnect with her cousin Nico and his wife, Heather, who now oversee day-to-day management of the grapes. The one person Kate hopes to avoid is Jean-Luc, a talented young winemaker and her first love.

At the vineyard house, Kate is eager to help her cousin clean out the enormous basement that is filled with generations of discarded and forgotten belongings. Deep inside the cellar, behind a large armoire, she discovers a hidden room containing a cot, some Resistance pamphlets, and an enormous cache of valuable wine. Piqued by the secret space, Kate begins to dig into her family’s history - a search that takes her back to the dark days of World War II and introduces her to a relative she never knew existed, a great-half-aunt who was a teenager during the Nazi occupation.

As she learns more about her family, the line between resistance and collaboration blurs, driving Kate to find the answers to two crucial questions: Who, exactly, did her family aid during the difficult years of the war? And what happened to six valuable bottles of wine that seem to be missing from the cellar’s collection?

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Listening Length	11 hours and 43 minutes
Author	Ann Mah
Narrator	Saskia Maarleveld
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	19 June 2018
Publisher	HarperAudio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07CJP7JXW
Best Sellers Rank	67,956 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 183 in World War II Historical Fiction 1,185 in Family Life Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 2,463 in Women's Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Wine and france

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I really enjoyed The Lost Vintage, really interesting book and loved the plot.

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Ashlee Parks

Absolutely Fantastique!!

Reviewed in Canada on 22 March 2019

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The Lost Vintage is a wonderful read. I truly felt connected to Katherine and her search for the truth. I appreciated that France was not a kind place in the war years, but Helene's journal opened up a view that, as 21st Century readers, would not be able to see for ourselves. Decisions wouldn't be easy during that time and watching the struggle of emotion felt real.

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Joanna Miles

Touching Story

Reviewed in Canada on 2 July 2019

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Very moving story wrapped in a mystery. Very well told and will leave you a little shook in that the very way wrongly accused women were treated after the war is happening today. Everyone deserves their day in court and when mob mentality rules the day, we are all lost.

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Marion Parton

Thoroughly Enjoyable

Reviewed in Canada on 4 May 2019

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I really enjoyed this book, the characters were pleasant or at least most of them. The description of wine tasting was interesting - didn't feel like I was being lectured. Most enjoyable read!

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Mrs Tupper

French food and wine with a dash of romance.

Reviewed in Canada on 4 September 2019

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A fun read for Francophiles and oenophiles. A lovely novel overall and a bit too sweet in spots for my own taste but was a fantastic read.

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Great book!

Reviewed in Canada on 17 October 2019

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Great book!

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