Which Burgundy wine links three of Sebastian Faulks' books - Birdsong,
The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Charlotte Gray?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 27 Aug 2005 10:43 PDT

Hi gavron,

Since I only found the reference of Chambertin wine in two of these
books, I am posting this as a clarification. If this suffices as an
answer to your question, please let me know and I will post it as the
answer.

Using Amazon's "Search inside this book"

Birdsong : A Novel of Love and War 
by Sebastian Faulks 
on Page 203:  
"... seemed to be ample mess waiters, augmented by an elderly French
couple. "What's this stuff?" said Barclay holding up a bottle to the
light. "Gevrey-Chambertin. Hmm, tastes all right, though I don't know
why we can't have white wine with fish." "There was no white wine in
the cellar, sir," said the colonel's batman, a small white-haired
Londoner. "But ..."


Charlotte Gray 
by Sebastian Faulks 
on Page 13:  
"... was advertised as steak and kidney pie and had derived from an
animal rich in kidneys. Cannerley had chosen a Chambertin and started
to pour. Charlotte held up her hand when her glass was half full,
saying she was not used ..."

Waiting to hear your views.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by gavron-ga on 27 Aug 2005 11:41 PDT

Yes. I'll take that as an answer - it must be it.
Thanks very much!

Hi gavron,

I'm glad I was able to the information you were looking for. I will
repost my answer here for your convenience:

Using Amazon's "Search inside this book"

Birdsong : A Novel of Love and War 
by Sebastian Faulks 
on Page 203:  
"... seemed to be ample mess waiters, augmented by an elderly French
couple. "What's this stuff?" said Barclay holding up a bottle to the
light. "Gevrey-Chambertin. Hmm, tastes all right, though I don't know
why we can't have white wine with fish." "There was no white wine in
the cellar, sir," said the colonel's batman, a small white-haired
Londoner. "But ..."


Charlotte Gray 
by Sebastian Faulks 
on Page 13:  
"... was advertised as steak and kidney pie and had derived from an
animal rich in kidneys. Cannerley had chosen a Chambertin and started
to pour. Charlotte held up her hand when her glass was half full,
saying she was not used ..."

Source: Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/


Search Strategy:
I used the "search inside this book" facility offered by Amazon, using
the search words "wine" "burgundy" "bottle". I found Chambertin wine
in two of the books.

I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,
Rainbow

since rainbow has found a very probable but not absolute answer, she
gets 4 out 5. nevertheless - quick and efficient.