{"product_id":"wine-reads-by-jay-mcinerney-9781611854930","title":"Wine Reads","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountry \u0026amp; Townhouse\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Book for Christmas, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA delectable anthology celebrating the finest writing on wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney—bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for \u003cem\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHouse and Garden\u003c\/em\u003e—selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making, selling, and, of course, drinking of fine wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding excerpts from novels, short fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eWine Reads\u003c\/em\u003e features big names in the trade and literary heavyweights alike. We follow Kermit Lynch to the Northern Rhone in a chapter from his classic \u003cem\u003eAdventures on the Wine Route\u003c\/em\u003e. In an excerpt from \u003cem\u003eBetween Meals\u003c\/em\u003e, long-time New Yorker writer A. J. Liebling raises feeding and imbibing on a budget in Paris into something of an art form—and discovers a very good rosé 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. Jewish-Czech writer and gourmet Joseph Wechsberg visits the medieval Chateau 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso showcasing an iconic scene from Rex Pickett's \u003cem\u003eSideways\u003c\/em\u003e and work by Jancis Robinson, Benjamin Wallace, and McInerney himself, this is an essential volume for any disciple of Bacchus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998842573036,"sku":"9781611854930","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24483113482761.jpg?v=1763233573","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/wine-reads-by-jay-mcinerney-9781611854930","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}