Jay McInerney
This new collection by the acclaimed novelistâ€”and, according to Salon, â€œthe best wine writer in Americaâ€â€”is generous and far-reaching, deeply knowledgeable and often hilarious.Â  ,Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  For more than a decade, Jay McInerneyâ€™s vinous essays, now featured in ,The Wall Street Journal,, have been praised by restaurateurs (â€œFilled with small courses and surprising and exotic flavors, educational and delicious at the same timeâ€ â€”Mario Batali), by esteemed critics (â€œBrilliant, witty, comical, and often shamelessly candid and provocativeâ€ â€”Robert M. Parker Jr.), and by the media (â€œHis wine judgments are sound, his anecdotes witty, and his literary references impeccableâ€ â€”,The New York Times,). ,Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Here McInerney provides a master class in the almost infinite varieties of wine and the people and places that produce it all the world over, from the historic past to the often confusing present. From such legendary chÃ¢teaus as Margaux and Latour and Palmer to Australia and New Zealand and South Africa, to new contenders in Santa Rita Hills and Paso Robles, we learn about terroirÂ  and biodynamic viticulture, what Champagnes are affordable (or decidedly not), even what to drink over thirty-seven courses at Ferran AdriÃ 's El Bulliâ€”in all, an array of grapes and wine styles that is comprehensive and thirst inducing. And conspicuous throughout is McInerneyâ€™s trademark flair and expertise, which in 2006 prompted the James Beard Foundation to grant him the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award.
Alcohol,Wine,Nonfiction,Food and Drink,Food and Wine
The Juice: Vinous Veritas