{"product_id":"wine-reads-a-literary-anthology-of-wine-writing-9780802147790","title":"Wine Reads: A Literary Anthology of Wine Writing","description":"In this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney--bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHouse and Garden\u003c\/i\u003e--selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making, selling, and of course, drinking of fine wine.\u003cp\u003e Including excerpts from novels, short fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eWine Reads\u003c\/i\u003e features big names in the trade and literary heavyweights alike. We follow Kermit Lynch to the Northern Rh ne in a chapter from his classic \u003ci\u003eAdventures on the Wine Route\u003c\/i\u003e. In an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eBetween Meals\u003c\/i\u003e, long-time \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer A. J. Liebling raises feeding and imbibing on a budget in Paris into something of an art form--and discovers a very good ros  from just west of the Rhone. Michael Dibdin's fictional Venetian detective Aurelio Zen gets a lesson in Barolo, Barbaresco, and Brunello vintages from an eccentric celebrity. In real life, and over half a century ago, Jewish-Czech writer and gourmet Joseph Wechsberg visits the medieval Ch teau d'Yquem to sample different years of the \"roi des vins\" alongside a French connoisseur who had his first taste of wine at age four.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also showcasing an iconic scene from Rex Pickett's \u003ci\u003eSideways\u003c\/i\u003e and work by Jancis Robinson, Benjamin Wallace, and McInerney himself, this is an essential volume for any disciple of Bacchus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay McInerney\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twelve books, most recently \u003ci\u003eBright, Precious Days\u003c\/i\u003e. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModel Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Grand Prix Littéraire. His short story collection \u003ci\u003eHow It Ended\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the 10 best books of the year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. McInerney's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes a monthly wine column for \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e and was previously the wine columnist for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHouse and Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. Many of those columns were collected in \u003ci\u003eBacchus and Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Hedonist in the Cellar\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2006 McInerney won the James Beard MFK Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing. In 1989 McInerney was named a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492062040338,"sku":"9780802147790","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d297285-6337-42d6-8c28-1c9c08ecbecd.jpg?v=1730569112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wine-reads-a-literary-anthology-of-wine-writing-9780802147790","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}