- Hardcover: 292 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1st edition (13 July 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297848348
- ISBN-13: 978-0297848349
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 356,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Like rose, I found this book, light bright and pleasurable, best tasted in small sips and on a hot summer day' (William Lyons SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY )
'a delightful read for anyone hooked on the food wine and glorious scenery of France.' (Yvonne Crittenden THE TORONTO SUN )
'a delightful read for anyone hooked on the food wine and glorious scenery of France.' (Yvonne Crittenden THE TORONTO SUN )
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A chance conversation with a Provencal vigneron leads to the most unlikely of quests - a hunt to find France's palest rose. Extremely Pale Rose is a richly entertaining and informative account of the travels of Jamie, his wife Tanya and their ebullient friend Peter Swift, as they take up this challenge. Giving up their lives in London, they quickly discover an unfortunate truth - the French won't treat rose or their quest seriously. Rose is seen as a poor cousin to red and white wine, drunk largely as an aperitif or to wash away the taste of spicy food. And although for many Brits pale rose has come to epitomize the south of France, French wine connoisseurs view it as flavourless water fit only for tourists. In bars, boulangeries and boucheries from Bordeaux to Bandol, Jamie, Tanya and Peter are recommended diverse vineyards to visit and as they travel they encounter the beginnings of a rose revolution - French attitudes to pale pink wine appear to be changing, but is it too little too late to help them succeed in their quest? All admirers of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence and Bon Appetit!, and Carol Drinkwater's Olive Farm series will be absorbed by this book which is anything but a pale imitation.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable book about an interesting quest,
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This review is from: Extremely Pale Rose: A Quest for the Palest Rose in France (Hardcover)
I recently finished reading "Extremely Pale Rosé", and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As an Englishman living in Paris for the past ten years, and a lover of wines who regularly visits the wine regions of France, I could relate to many of the experiences described. I particularly appreciated the unpretentious style of writing - very refreshing when compared with certain other French gastronomic travelogues. On my future travels to France's wine regions I will try to visit some of the producers mentioned in the book. In fact, when I had finished the book I re-read it so that I could jot down the details of producers I want to see. And I will keep the Psychoanalyst's observation in mind (you'll have to read the book to find out about his advice).
This was a fun read, and helped me travel around France from the comfort of my armchair. I look forward to the sequel of Jamie & Tanya's saga.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointing,
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This review is from: Extremely Pale Rose: A Very French Adventure (Paperback)
Another opus out of the Peter Mayle 'Let's got to France' cottage industry, and an extremely disappointing read at that.
A middle class couple, give up their jobs and go to France on a whim to find the most pale rosie wine they can find, after meeting a french producer who challenges them. The whole things smacks of being sponsored by either the French Tourist board or wine industry. I didn't believe in any of it, each chapter becomes more repetitive than the last, and by continuing to fail to find their Holy Grail ( or by page 150 when I gave up) the book proves to be utterly pointless. If you must read, find it second hand or in a charity shop; where my copy will end up.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely dull read,
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This review is from: Extremely Pale Rose: A Very French Adventure (Paperback)
After all the glowing reviews, I was extremely disappointed in this book. There is no depth to it, I didn't feel as if I got to know the characters at all, and it was terribly tedious. I felt as if the author was cashing in on the fashion for books about people giving up their secure, well-paid jobs in order to explore the joys of southern Europe, and didn't do a good job at all. Buy second-hand, if at all!
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