Rosalyn Acosta has journeyed to the Champagne region of France to select some premier bottles of the bubbly wine to bring back to her employer in California. She, herself doesn’t care for champagne, France or anything at all, the death of her husband has colored everything grey. Still, while she’s there, Rosalyn uncovers letters that tell a remarkable story, the story of the women and children who hid in the tunnels under the countryside during World War I. Hiding from the Germans, a few brave women snuck out to tend the grapes that gave the region its famous name. Told from different viewpoints in different eras this book was fascinating and revealed a part of history few know about