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Friday, December 28, 2007
the battle for wine and love
Here is another book to look forward to in 2008: The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization (Harcourt/ May 19, 2008) by Alice Feiring is being ballyhooed as a book that will change the way we think about wine.
There is actually a group on the FACEBOOK social networking site that is devoted to this forthcoming book. Here’s their plug for the author:
“ALICE FEIRING is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning journalist whose blog, In Vino Veritas was named one of the seven best by Food & Wine Magazine. Formerly the wine/travel columnist for Time, she writes for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Condé Nast Traveler, and Gourmet, among many others. She lives in New York City.”
Of course, you’ll want to check out her wine blog In Vino Veritas. This is her mission statement as it appears on her blog:
“What am I looking for in wine?
I’m looking for the Leon Trotskys, the Philip Roths, the Chaucers and the Edith Whartons of the wine world. I want my wines to tell a good story. I want them natural and most of all, like my dear friends, I want them to speak the truth even if we argue. With this messiah thing going on, I’m trying to swell the ranks of those who love the differences in each vintage, who abhor homogenization, who want wines that make them smile, think, laugh,and feel sexy. For better or worse, it seems as if I am a wine cop traversing the earth, writing and speaking my mind, drinking and recommending wines that are honest.
Please check in frequently for news of my latest travels, travel, wine tips and rants.”
I love this “wine cop’s” literary allusions to wines!
If you are looking for more links to wine blogs you must check out Mark Fisher’s excellent wine blog UNCORKED here at the DDN, if you haven’t already. Mark is a gifted wine writer and his blog has lots of links to a plethora of wine musings.
I’m really looking forward to reading The Battle for Wine and Love by Alice Feiring.
Happy New Year! Beware of the dreaded Parkerization….
Vick Mickunas
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