Secrets of Wine by Giles Kime is the wine book in the “52 Brilliant Ideas” book series. It’s an easy read in a very approachable format. I believe it’s a book for someone just past the wine novice stage who is looking to explore beyond just the old standards like Chardonnay and Merlot. Author Giles […]

Thank you for joining us for the April “virtual meeting” of the Wine Book Club. Many thanks to Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20 who originally proposed the idea for the WBC where bloggers and wine lovers come together for book reviews and discussions after reading a selected text. When Dr. Debs announced The […]

Recently, I read Wine: The 8,000-Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade by Thomas Pellechia. While this book gives a good history of wine, it is primarily a story of the evolution of the wine merchant from early civilization to the present. Pellechia, a wine merchant himself, tells how the wine trade has been important throughout […]

Thank you for joining us for the March “virtual meeting” of the Wine Book Club. Many thanks to Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20 who originally proposed the idea for the WBC where bloggers and wine lovers all over the world come together for book reviews and discussions after reading a selected text. When […]

A few years ago I read Don and Petie Kladstrup’s fascinating book, Wine and War, the story of how France’s winegrowers protected and preserved their wine industry from Nazi plunder during World War II. So, when Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20 announced that February’s Wine Book Club selection was going to be another […]

The Cork Jester’s Guide to Wine: An Entertaining Companion For Tasting It, Ordering It, and Enjoying It by Jennifer Rosen was a stocking stuffer from Kori a couple years ago. I finally got around to reading it and wished that I hadn’t waited so long. I found it to be an extremely entertaining read. It […]

Thank you for joining us for the January 2009 “virtual meeting” of the Wine Book Club. Many thanks to Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20 who originally proposed the idea for the WBC where bloggers and wine lovers all over the world come together for book reviews and discussions after reading a selected text. […]

Even though Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, if you are like me, you still have plenty of Christmas shopping to do. Are you at a loss for what to get your dad, sister, Aunt Sally, or your next door neighbor? If you know the person that you are shopping for is […]

When I first picked up Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry by Jean-Robert Pitte, I thought of another book that I read a few years ago, A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth, and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma. The books are similar in concept, with A Tale of Two Valleys an […]

Thank you for joining us for the fifth “virtual meeting” of the Wine Book Club. Many thanks to Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20 who originally proposed the idea for the WBC where bloggers and wine lovers all over the world come together for book reviews and discussions every other month after reading a […]