Granddad, tell me about Grapevines !

The twelve stories in Grandclad Tell Me About Grapevines! are for children to read or have read to them. They lead the child into the heart ofdelightful, serene French wine-making country. Granddad teaches his grandson Paul about the daily life of a grape-grower and wine-maker, explaining how the wine is matured and stored, the grape harvest and the journey of the grape from growing in bunches on the vine to bottling the wine.
The little boy learns from his grandfather about nature and the patience needed for the grape to flourish and produce good wine. When the vine needs a helping hand, Granddad is aiways at the ready in his funny costume, driving his tractor.
The text and illustrations are perfect for children, difficuit words being explained at the end of the book, making this an excellent guide for initiation and tra of an age-old skill.
Pascale Bounet isftom Lectoure in the département of Gers in south-west France. As a child, she lived on a smallholding in wine-growing country. She bas a degree in viticulture and œnoiogy, starting herprofessional career in the Minervois district, famous for wine of the same naine, and pursuing it in Médoc in the Bordeaux Region, at the Clos de Bigos, a small family farm. Françoise Etourneaud, the illustrator, is a teacher who bas been a painter ail ber lift.