num_pages: 320
description: Its murder in Napa Valley in this thrillingly knowledgeable insiders odyssey into the world of fine wines [and] . . . particularly lurid homicides (Anthony Bourdain). With a stroke of a pen prominent wine critic Richard Wilson lives to elevate and more often destroy winemakers reputations. How fitting his found murdered floating in a vat of a particularly bold Cabernet Sauvignon at a Napa Valley tasting. Who did it? Any vintner whose career was ruined by Wilsons sour grapes. But when those trail turns cold Wilsons sister Janie enlists the help of her ex-husband Babe Stern. The ex-sommelier turned Sonoma County bar owner is following his own leadto Burgundy France. In cellars and tasting rooms from Beaune to Nuits-Saint-Georges Stern tracks down a family of vignerons whose troubled son was interning at the winery the night Wilson died. But it doesnt end there. And as the investigation uncovers secrets bottled up for years Wilson wont be the last to die. In fact the further Stern digs for the truth he may be the next. An evocative insiders tour of French wine country that a tourist will never see ( Seattle Times ) restaurateur and former wine columnist Peter Lewiss juicy mystery is a rare and engrossing wonder dealing with the murderous grotesqueries of the wine world . . . in an atmosphere of homicide sex and food (Jim Harrison author of Legends of the Fall ).
language: English
title: Dead in the Dregs
publisher: Counterpoint