Grape Expectations: A Family's Vineyard Adventure in France

By Caro Feely

"‘Delicious.’ I licked my lips. The wine filled me with joy. A picture of a vineyard drenched in sunlight formed in my mind. Sean drew me rudely back to the lounge of our semi-d.

'How can they be in liquidation if they make wine this good?’"

When Caro and Sean find the perfect ten-hectare vineyard in Saussignac, it seems their dreams of becoming wine-makers in the south of France are about to come true. But they arrive in France with their young family (a toddler and a newborn) to be faced with a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse and an enterprise that may never, ever make them a living.

Undeterred by mouse infestations, a leaking roof, treacherous hordes of insects, visits from the local farm ‘police’ and a nasty accident with an agricultural trimmer, Caro and Sean set about transforming their ‘beyond eccentric’ winery into a successful business as they embark on the biggest adventure of their lives – learning to make wine from the roots up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Summersdale Publishers Ltd
• Release date: Jun 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9780857657152

Caro Feely

Caro Feely traded her tech career for a dream to become an organic farmer, writer, and wine and yoga teacher. She is published author of six books. Acclaimed 'winning', 'sincere' and 'passionate' by The New York Times Book Review.