{"product_id":"shadows-in-the-vineyard-the-true-story-of-the-plot-to-poison-the-worlds-greatest-wine-9781455516094","title":"Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine","description":"\u003cb\u003eJournalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-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 \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Maximillian Potter uncovered would lead to a sting operation by some of France's top detectives, the primary suspect's suicide, and a dramatic investigation. This botanical crime threatened to destroy the fiercely traditional culture surrounding the world's greatest wine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadows in the Vineyard\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaximillian Potter\u003c\/b\u003e is \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Editor-at-Large. Formerly the executive editor of \u003ci\u003e5280: Denver's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been a staff writer at \u003ci\u003ePremiere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a senior advisor to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, with whom he co-authored the governor's memoir. Potter is native of Philadelphia with a BA from Allegheny College and MSJ from Northwestern University's Medill School.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Twelve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644552352018,"sku":"9781455516094","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_032da7a5-632b-4d50-b1d3-bf20cd76308e.jpg?v=1733114672","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shadows-in-the-vineyard-the-true-story-of-the-plot-to-poison-the-worlds-greatest-wine-9781455516094","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}