Bacchus & Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar
by By McInerney, Jay
Category: Cooking , Beverages , Wine & Spirits

With acerbic wit, irreverent tone, and bountiful hilarious anecdotes,  Jay McInerney writes the first wine book that makes sense to all those  dazed by the prevailing, dull technical wine writing. McInerney  generously reveals all he's learned on his worldwide journey to  understand wine in chapters on reds, whites, dessert wines, champagne,  aperitifs, and more.  McInerney holds forth in forty-nine essays - with  agile humor; an astonishing amount of hard fact, and an ample dose of  personal taste - on: how to make your way around a German wine label;  what to drink with Thanksgiving turkey; the truth about Zinfandels; why  Burgundy is so hard to predict; Napa Valley's finest winemakers; the  pleasure of flinty Chablis, the deep satisfaction of port, the glorious  potential of Oregon's Pinot Noir; the respectability of RosT; and the  most colorful characters in the business. It is actually possible for a  reader of Bacchus & Me to take what is learned to the bank, and  immediately thereafter to wine shop or restaurant to indulge in the wine  of his or her fantasy with the confidence of a sommelier. Bacchus &  Me is for everyone interested in learning more about the wines of the  world. For both those of broad means and of modest purse, there is  intense vicarious pleasure to be found in McInerney's vinous adventures.