{"product_id":"wine-reads-a-literary-anthology-of-wine-writing-paperback","title":"Wine Reads: A Literary Anthology of Wine Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay McInerney\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151740309639,"sku":"9780802147790","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/92d941e98bfc24438e5c129a37335e69.webp?v=1733209283","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/wine-reads-a-literary-anthology-of-wine-writing-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}