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A review by sjbozich
Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney
3.0
Collection of short pieces McI did for House & Garden. Published as a book in 2000, so it is a bit dated at times. I wish each of the pieces was dated, to give us a better sense of the timeliness of each article. Some pieces do come off as just a list of wine producers and years for outstanding vintages.
If you know wine, read the "Millennium" piece first - a description of some of the wines he and friends (including Brit novelist Julian Barnes) drank over a series of 4 dinners to introduce the new millennium. Jealous!
The short pieces seemed to go on and on, but I got more interested w/ the last two group headings, "Grape Nuts" and "On Doing It Right". They had more general info on wine and personalities.
The book is a good intro to some background and history of wine production around the world.
I'd put this as "bathroom reading" - as most of the chapters never exceed 3 pp. Nice to pick up for the occasional read on the side. He has a 2nd volume out, collecting his later pieces.
If you know wine, read the "Millennium" piece first - a description of some of the wines he and friends (including Brit novelist Julian Barnes) drank over a series of 4 dinners to introduce the new millennium. Jealous!
The short pieces seemed to go on and on, but I got more interested w/ the last two group headings, "Grape Nuts" and "On Doing It Right". They had more general info on wine and personalities.
The book is a good intro to some background and history of wine production around the world.
I'd put this as "bathroom reading" - as most of the chapters never exceed 3 pp. Nice to pick up for the occasional read on the side. He has a 2nd volume out, collecting his later pieces.