Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Reflections of a Wine Merchant by Neal Rosenthal
Review by Alfonso Cevola. It’s not unusual to pick up a wine book that reads like a journal. But Neal
Book Review: Heard it Through the Grapevine by Matt Skinner
There are two things I wish were more easily found in the world of wine: great bottles for under $5,
Book Review: Wines & Wineries of California’s Central Coast by William Ausmus
Review by Arthur Przebinda. The Central Coast is a huge appellation. Compiling a comprehensive guide to its wineries is nearly
Book Review: The Widow Cliquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Review by W. Blake Gray Great books are often the result of obsession. They have to be, considering the hours
Book Review: American Vintage by Paul Lukacs
Review by W. Blake Gray. Is wine food or alcohol? Most Americans would immediately choose “alcohol,” perhaps laughing at the
Book Review: The Billionaire’s Vinegar
Review by Tim Patterson. If you’re getting your morning jollies reading about the amazing collapsing Ponzi schemes of investment wizard
Book Review: The Battle For Wine And Love by Alice Feiring
Review by Brooke Cheshier. I was going to read Alice Feiring’s book and write my review and I swore I
Book Review: The Geography of Wine by Brian J. Sommers
Review by Tim Patterson. This is a very useful, though not very exciting book. No rhapsodies about mind-bending encounters with
Book Review: Passion on the Vine by Sergio Esposito
Review by Alfonso Cevola. There are stories that are meant to be true and stories that are intended to stir
Book Review: To Cork or Not To Cork by George Taber
There’s only one thing, you might say, that stands between a thirsty wine lover and her wine. And luckily, that
Book Review: Biodynamic Wine, Demystified by Nicholas Joly
Review by Tim Patterson. Biodynamic grapegrowing and winemaking have gotten a great deal of press in recent years, far out
Book Review: Red, White, and Drunk All Over by Natalie MacLean
Review by Jessica Yadegaran Do readers really care about active yeasts and secondary fermentation? Or do they long to understand
Book Review: House of Mondavi by Julia Flynn Siler
Review by W. Blake Gray. Carlo Rossi was a real person: a relative of Ernest and Julio Gallo. In the
Book Review: First Big Crush by Eric Arnold
Review by Christy McGill. Have you ever daydreamed about a different life? Perhaps one set in some sun-dappled, far-flung wine-making
Book Review: The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson
As casual wine lovers, we live in the daily romance of wine. We thrive on the pleasures of a great
Book Review: A Wine Miscellany by Graham Harding
Review by Jessica Yadegaran. Did you know that the world’s oldest single vine is in the Slovenian city of Maribor?
Book Review: Love by the Glass by Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher
People fall in love with wine every day, and many never realize that it is happening. They just wake up
Book Review: The Botanist and the Vintner by Christy Campbell
They say those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, but many of the events of
Book Review: I’ll Drink To That, by Rudolph Chelminski
Review by Wanda Hennig “The story of how Beaujolais reached its present prominence is worth a look because it encapsulates
