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THE ART OF VINTAGE: AN AESTHETIC ODYSSEY THROUGH 20 VINTAGE PERRIER-JOUET CHAMPAGNES


WORLD RENOWNED LUXURY FRENCH CHAMPAGNE HOUSE PERRIER-JOUET IS LOVINGLY EXPLORED IN A STUNNING NEW BOOK CALLED 'THE ART OF VINTAGE: AN AESTHETIC ODYSSEY THROUGH 20 VINTAGE PERRIER-JOUET CHAMPAGNES'. WRITTEN BY WINE CRITIC SERENA SUTCLIFFE, HISTORIAN JEAN-PIERRE DEVROEY AND ART SPECIALIST FEDERICO SIMONTI, THE ART OF VINTAGE OFFERS A FASCINATING, ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE INSIGHT INTO THE ART AND HISTORY OF THE TIMES THROUGH THE LEGENDARY VINTAGES OF PERRIER-JOUET CHAMPAGNE, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHAMPAGNE HOUSES IN THE WORLD, WELL KNOWN FOR ITS CUREE BELLE EPOQUE AND THE ICONIC FLOWER BOTTLE CHAMPAGNE. FROM THE OLDEST VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE OF 1825 TO THE FIRST VINTAGE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM IN 2002, THE BOOK DETAILS THE STRIKING, DELICATE AND PLEASURABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART AND VINTAGE. EACH CHAPTER IS ILLUSTRATED BY A COLLECTION OF RELEVANT HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS SUMMARIZED OVER TWO PAGES WITH SPECIAL AND EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER MAKIKO TAKEHARA. PRINTED IN A LUXURIOUS EDITION WITH FORTY PAGES ON TRACING PAPER, THE BOOK IS A WORK OF ART WHICH WILL EASILY FIND A PLACE IN THE LIBRARY OF ART AND EPICUREAN LOVERS EVERYWHERE.

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