Mistresses of ironic wit and precise observation, Somerville and Ross are at their most genial in this account of a tour through the Medoc county at the end of the 19th century. A tour of Medoc country at the time of the vine harvest. During their stay, the authors dance with the harvesters, drink mout (freshly trodden), stay in a barn with dubious bedlinen and visit a grand chateau. It was our first day's cub-hunting, and things had...