num_pages: 240
description: Set in Hollywood Paris Bordeaux and Marseille Peter Mayles newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights sumptuous wines and colorful characters. Its also a lot of fun.The story begins high above Los Angeles at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist.Enter Sam Levitt former corporate lawyer cultivated crime expert and wine connoisseur. Called in by Roths insurance company which is now saddled with a multimillion-dollar claim Sam follows his leadsto Bordeaux and its magnificent vineyards and to Provence to meet an eccentric billionaire collector who might possibly have an interest in the stolen wines. Along the way bien sr he is joined by a beautiful and erudite French colleague and together they navigate many a chteau pausing frequently to enjoy the countrysides abundant pleasures.The unraveling of the ingenious crime is threaded through with Mayles seductive rendering of Frances sensory delightsfrom a fine Lynch-Bages and Loville Barton to the bouillabaisse of Marseille and the young lamb of Bordeaux. Even the most sophisticated of oenophiles will learn a thing or two from this vintage work by a beloved author.
language: English
title: The Vintage Caper
publisher: Knopf