{"product_id":"wine-reads-a-literary-anthology-of-wine-writing","title":"Wine Reads: A Literary Anthology of Wine Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this richly literary anthology  Jay McInerneybestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town \u0026amp; Country  Wall Street Journal  and House and Gardenselects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making  selling  and of course  drinking of fine wine. Including excerpts from novels  short fiction  memoir  and narrative nonfiction  Wine Reads features big names in the trade and literary heavyweights alike. We follow Kermit Lynch to the Northern Rhne in a chapter from his classic Adventures on the Wine Route. In an excerpt from Between Meals  long-time New Yorker writer A. J. Liebling raises feeding and imbibing on a budget in Paris into something of an art formand discovers a very good ros from just west of the Rhone. Michael Dibdins 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 Chteau dYquem to sample different years of the roi des vins alongside a French connoisseur who had his first taste of wine at age four. Also showcasing an iconic scene from Rex Picketts Sideways and work by Jancis Robinson  Benjamin Wallace  and McInerney himself  this is an essential volume for any disciple of Bacchus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963033481269,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802128831","price":30.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802128836.jpg?v=1770404374","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wine-reads-a-literary-anthology-of-wine-writing","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}