TY - BOOK AU - Santos, Solvi Dos. AU - Brutton, Florence. TI - Great family wine estates of France: style, tradition, home SN - 9780500515310 AV - TP 553 .Sa59 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Vineyards KW - France KW - Wine and wine making N2 - A visual journey to the French wine industry photographed by Solvi dos Santos. In particular, it features all the wine-producing regions of France, from the Taittinger champagne cellars housed in 4th-century Roman chalk caves in Reims, to Château de Pennautier, the "Versailles of Languedoc". Florence Brutton, a wine expert, explains the idea of terroir (the idiosyncratic growing conditions that define and distinguish each area of cultivation) and the importance of local wine-related customs. ER -