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Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney

thatotherlisa's review against another edition

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4.0

For some reason, this book me forever to finish. I enjoyed it whenever I read it, but I keep finding something else to read. It's a collection of McInerney's columns for House & Garden about wine. And man, did it make me want to drink. A lot. I mean while reading it, I sort of wanted to dedicate the next five years of my life to traveling around the world to drink all these fantastic wines I've never heard of. While he's mostly talking about wines I've never and probably will never drink, his writing was accessible and engaging - no nose in the air wine snobbery here. Now I'm gonna go find me a drink.

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2.0

If you have read McInerney's other wine book this book is unnecessary and a little redundant. Even if you haven't read his other book prepare for repetition. The book is essentially a collection of essays from McInerney's wine column so expect basic wine concepts to be repeated often and the same cast of characters to be introduced over and over.
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