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Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-soaked Journey from Grape to Glass

Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-soaked Journey from Grape to Glass

by NatalieMaclean (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

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Synopsis

Natalie MacLean spent three years sipping, spitting and slogging her way through sun-drenched vineyards and cobwebbed cellars to bring us this witty, knowledgeable and exuberant book about the world of wine. In the ancient vineyards of Burgundy, she uncovers the secrets of Pinot Noir, the 'heartbreak grape', then moves on to the labyrinthine cellars of Champagne to examine the mystique of luxury bubbly and the grandes dames who made it a drink of celebration the world over. She compares notes with novelist Jay McInerney at a bacchanalian dinner, goes undercover as a sommelier for the night in a five-star restaurant, and explores the influence of powerful critics Jancis Robinson and Robert Parker. You may have a head for wine, but Red, White and Drunk All Over will show you its heart.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 074758060X
ISBN 13: 9780747580607
Book Overview: Natalie MacLean takes us behind the scenes, interviewing everyone in the world of wine from the growers to the winemakers to the purveyors to the critics Natalie MacLean is the perfect author for this book - she is one of the biggest names in wine writing today, and her e-newsletter has some 22,000 subscribers in thirty-six countries The book comes at the perfect time: lay wine enthusiasm is on the up due to films such as Sideways and this autumn's A Good Year (starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney)

Media Reviews
'Always erudite and eminently readable, MacLean's book is a terrific beginning for the inchoate wine connoisseur' Rex Pickett, author of Sideways 'Any reader, male or female, should find learning about wine completely painless' Jancis Robinson 'There's everything here: old stories and new, an enquiring mind and bags of enthusiasm' Hugh Johnson 'An engaging and very accessible guide to the world of wine' Naomi Duguid, co-author of Mangoes & Curry Leaves, Home Baking and Hot Sour Salty Sweet
Author Bio
Natalie MacLean has received several James Beard Awards and the IACP's Bert Greene Award. Recently named one of the Top Thirty Power Women by Elle magazine, she writes for Bon Appetit and Food and Wine magazines and publishes an e-newsletter, Nat Decants, that has some 22,000 subscribers in thirty-six countries.