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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 641.22 EAN: 9781400096374 ISBN: 1400096375 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: November 06, 2007 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: November 06, 2007 Studio: Vintage Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Those who find most wine writing hopelessly recondite will eagerly quaff novelist Jay McInerney's A Hedonist in the Cellar, a collection of his essays originally published in House & Garden. Whether talking about a California chardonnay ("like a Ginsu blade concealed in a peach"); the wines of the Cote Rotie ("like Fitzgerald, [its] reputation was almost moribund at mid-century"); or the super Valpolicellas of Italian vintner Giuseppe Quintarelli ("his [wines] should be opened only in the presence of gods and stinky cheeses"), McInerney brings a novelist's gift and idiosyncratic wit to his personal investigations, which touch on the Rieslings from the Finger Lakes, the "forgotten whites" of Bordeaux, new developments in the wines of Chile and Argentina, spirits like Armagnac and artisinal champagnes, and much more. McInerney is a stimulating appreciator, so readers poring through his essays happily absorb viniculture and modus operandi, among other technical matters. In essays like "Translating German Labels" and "How to Impress Your Sommelier," theyre also prepped in buying and ordering. A wide-ranging tour of the wine world in sum, Hedonist is for all wine lovers, who will find in it much of what's been missing from so much other wine and food writing: the wit to do it well. --Arthur Boehm Product Description: In A Hedonist in the Cellar, Jay McInerney gathers more than five years’ worth of essays and continues his exploration of what’s new, what’s enduring, and what’s surprising–giving his palate a complete workout and the reader an indispensable, idiosyncratic guide to a world of almost infinite variety. Filled with delights oenophiles everywhere will savor, this is a collection driven not only by wine itself but also the people who make it. An entertaining, irresistible book that is essential for anyone enthralled by the myriad pleasures of wine. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Education With HumorThis is a fabulous book for wine lovers, from beginners to connoisseurs. The series of vignettes are funny and very informative. We're pretty far along with wine, but we learned a lot of great stuff while being entertained. It's a book you want to give all your wine-loving friends for Christmas. Rating: - All about a really good wineClick on book cover to order at Amazon.com Reviewed by Joyce Sparrow Onophiles and grocery store wine shoppers will do well breaking out an atlas to follow the world-wide wine adventures of fiction writer and House and Garden wine columnist Jay McInerney as he travels from California to France and many European stops to learn more about the enjoyment of wine. Readers will want a note pad and pencil at their sides to jot down McInerney's many wine suggestions. ... Read More Rating:  - One for the spit bucket"Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog walking on his hind legs. It is not done well but you are surprised to find it done at all."-Samuel Johnson I want to get one thing straight before I begin: I wouldn't know Jay McInerny from Hugh McElhenny, so I don't want anyone to think that this review is colored by my previous experience with McInerny as a novelist or anything else. I understand this book is a compilation of short articles he wrote for the magazine House & Garden over a five ... Read More Rating: - More juicy adventures in the cellar."Let's be honest: there's only one activity more satisfying than drinking good wine with good food, and if you're drinking wine in the right company, the one pleasure, more often than not, will lead to the other" (p. xxiii). For novelist, amateur oenephile, and avid reader, Jay McInerney, Bordeaux is to Tolstoy as Burgundy is to Turgenev as Cote Rotie is to Fitzgerald as Hermitage is to Hemingway. Oenophilia, he observes in this second compilation of essays drawn from his "Uncorked" column in House ... Read More Rating: - attention wine geeks Though not as entertaining as" Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar" , I still enjoyed the book. Lot of short pieces on various wine and alcohol related subjects....and who doesn't love that!? Probably not for you if your not geeky about wine but if you are so inclined a vicarious pleasure. |
