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This new collection by the acclaimed novelist-and, according to Salon, "the best wine writer in the us"-is generous and far-reaching, deeply knowledgeable and often entertaining. For greater than a decade, Jay McInerney's vinous essays, now included in The Wall structure Streets Journal, have been praised by restaurateurs ("Filled up with small programs and surprising and unique flavors, educational and scrumptious at the same time" -Mario Batali), by esteemed critics ("Brilliant, witty, comical, and frequently shamelessly candid and provocative" -Robert M. Parker Jr.), and by the mass media ("His wine judgments are acoustics, his anecdotes witty, and his literary recommendations impeccable" -The New York Times). Here McInerney offers a master class in the almost infinite varieties of wine and individuals and places that produce everything around the world, from the historical history to the often challenging present. From such famous châteaus as Margaux and Latour and Palmer to Australia and New Zealand and South Africa, to new contenders in Santa Rita Hillsides and Paso Robles, we learn about terroir and biodynamic viticulture, what Champagnes are affordable (or decidedly not), even what things to drink over 37 programs at Ferran Adrià's El Bulli - in every, an array of grapes and wine styles that is thorough and thirst inducing. And conspicuous throughout is McInerney's brand flair and expertise, which in 2006 prompted the Wayne Beard Groundwork to give him the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Honor.
