Alsace: between the lines and the vines

The latest Winemaker Detective book, Late Harvest Havoctakes place in Alsace. I love Strasbourg as a city, and regret that I haven't spent time in the region's many vineyards. When the TV series episode was being shot some time ago, I spoke to Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen, and they mentioned two men from that region who bring together two of our hero Benjamin Cooker’s passions: books and wine.

Frédéric Versolato, who for thirty years worked for France’s largest bookseller the Fnac running...