Wine replaces chocolates as we return to the French village of Lansquenet which was the setting for her earlier Chocolat. We meet writer Jay Mackintosh who impulsively buys a chateau and escapes there with a half dozen bottles of homemade wine. Alternate chapters are flashbacks to his childhood summers in Kirby Monckton and his friendship with Joe, an eccentric character who inspired Jay's first novel. Fourteen years on, Jay's got the worst case of writer's block ever. But with the uncorking of one of Joe's Specials, his typewriter keys start flying again. And the magic returns. A worthy follow-up to Chocolat.
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