Bacchus & Me

Bacchus & Me
Title Bacchus & Me PDF eBook
Author Jay McInerney
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 178
Release 2000-10-01
Genre Cooking
ISBN 0762785489

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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.

You Had Me at Pet-Nat

You Had Me at Pet-Nat
Title You Had Me at Pet-Nat PDF eBook
Author Rachel Signer
Publisher Hachette Books
Pages 258
Release 2021-10-19
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0306924757

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From the publisher of Pipette Magazine, discover a natural wine-soaked memoir about finding your passion—and falling in love. It was Rachel Signer's dream to be that girl: the one smoking hand-rolled cigarettes out the windows of her 19th-century Parisian studio apartment, wearing second-hand Isabel Marant jeans and sipping a glass of Beaujolais redolent of crushed roses with a touch of horse mane. Instead she was an under-appreciated freelance journalist and waitress in New York City, frustrated at always being broke and completely miserable in love. When she tastes her first pétillant-naturel (pét-nat for short), a type of natural wine made with no additives or chemicals, it sets her on a journey of self-discovery, both deeply personal and professional, that leads her to Paris, Italy, Spain, Georgia, and finally deep into the wilds of South Australia and which forces her, in the face of her "Wildman," to ask herself the hard question: can she really handle the unconventional life she claims she wants? Have you ever been sidetracked by something that turned into a career path? Did you ever think you were looking for a certain kind of romantic partner, but fell in love with someone wild, passionate and with a completely different life? For Signer, the discovery of natural wine became an introduction to a larger ethos and philosophy that she had long craved: one rooted in egalitarianism, diversity, organics, environmental concerns, and ancient traditions. In You Had Me at Pét-Nat, as Signer begins to truly understand these revolutionary wine producers upending the industry, their deep commitment to making their wine with integrity and with as little intervention as possible, she is smacked with the realization that unless she faces, head-on, her own issues with commitment, she will not be able to live a life that is as freewheeling, unpredictable, and singular as the wine she loves.

The Juice

The Juice
Title The Juice PDF eBook
Author Jay McInerney
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 306
Release 2013-05-23
Genre Cooking
ISBN 140883328X

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Jay McInerney has written unique, witty, vinous essays for over a decade. Here, with his trademark flair and expertise, McInerney provides a master class in the almost infinite varieties of wine, creating a collage of the people and places that produce it all over the world, from historic past to the often confusing present. Stretching from France and South Africa to Australia and New Zealand, McInerney's tour is a comprehensive and thirst-inducing expedition that explores viticulture, investigates great champagne and delves into a vast array of styles, capturing the passion that so many people feel for the world of wine.

A Hedonist in the Cellar

A Hedonist in the Cellar
Title A Hedonist in the Cellar PDF eBook
Author Jay McInerney
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 232
Release 2012-05-01
Genre Art
ISBN 1408834774

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_______________ 'McInerney's wine judgements are sound, his anecdotes witty, and his literary references impeccable. Not many wine books are good reads; this one is' - New York Times 'A cracking read' - Daily Telegraph 'Personal, enlightening, and above all fun to read' - Michael Broadbent, Master of Wine of Christie's 'Brilliant, witty, comical and often shamelessly candid and provocative' - Robert M. Parker Jr, The Wine Advocate _______________ WINNER OF THE BEST WINE LITERATURE AWARD, GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS Jay McInerney, internationally celebrated author of Bright Lights, Big City, turns his hand here to his lifelong love affair with wine. Peals of wisdom are offered on the subjects of the best wine for romantics, the parallels between Californian wines and floundering Hollywood stars, the choice of wine for the author's own debauched forty-eighth birthday party, the 'high-testosterone grape' that is Colin Farrell, absinthe, 'the wild green fairy', and what wine is best drunk with chocolate. At the same time McInerney is a genuine connoisseur, taking the reader on a tour through the wine regions of the world and imparting tried and tested advice on grapes and vintages, bouquets, noses and finishes.

Bright, Precious Days

Bright, Precious Days
Title Bright, Precious Days PDF eBook
Author Jay McInerney
Publisher Vintage
Pages 417
Release 2016-08-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101948019

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From the best-selling author of Bright Lights, Big City: a sexy, vibrant, cross-generational New York story--a literary and commercial triumph of the highest order. Even decades after their arrival, Corrine and Russell Calloway still feel as if they’re living the dream that drew them to New York City in the first place: book parties or art openings one night and high-society events the next; jobs they care about (and in fact love); twin children whose birth was truly miraculous; a loft in TriBeCa and summers in the Hamptons. But all of this comes at a fiendish cost. Russell, an independent publisher, has superb cultural credentials yet minimal cash flow; as he navigates a business that requires, beyond astute literary judgment, constant financial improvisation, he encounters an audacious, potentially game-changing—or ruinous—opportunity. Meanwhile, instead of chasing personal gain in this incredibly wealthy city, Corrine devotes herself to helping feed its hungry poor, and she and her husband soon discover they’re being priced out of the newly fashionable neighborhood they’ve called home for most of their adult lives, with their son and daughter caught in the balance. Then Corrine’s world is turned upside down when the man with whom she’d had an ill-fated affair in the wake of 9/11 suddenly reappears. As the novel unfolds across a period of stupendous change—including Obama’s historic election and the global economic collapse he inherited—the Calloways will find themselves and their marriage tested more severely than they ever could have imagined.

The History of Wine in 100 Bottles

The History of Wine in 100 Bottles
Title The History of Wine in 100 Bottles PDF eBook
Author Oz Clarke
Publisher Sterling Publishing (NY)
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre Wine and wine making
ISBN 9781454915614

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Moving from the first cork tops to screw caps, this unique volume explores winemaking through 100 bottles that made the biggest impact on its evolution. Renowned writer Oz Clarke presents such landmarks as the introduction of the cylindrical wine bottle; the first estate to bottle and label its own wine; the most expensive bottle sold at auction; the change in classifications; famous vintages, and more. It's a beautiful tribute to the bottled poetry that is wine.

The Wine Questionnaire

The Wine Questionnaire
Title The Wine Questionnaire PDF eBook
Author Jay McInerney
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2012-02-21
Genre Celebrities
ISBN 9781614280514

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"I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food." W.C. Fields The Wine Questionnaire follows in the spirit of our popular Proust Questionnaire and Fashion Questionnaire, using the format of Proust's handy interview helper--here reworked by Jay McInerney--to ask everything about wine, from your favourite region to your choice food pairings. In addition to responses of discerning oenophiles, there are blank questionnaires in the back to share with friends, this title will reveal more than you might imagine. Featured Questionnaire Responses by: Sofia Coppola Academy Award-winning screenwriter, film director, and producer Robert M. Parker, Jr. Renowned wine expert, founder of The Wine Advocate, and contributing editor for Food and Wine Magazine and Business Week Andre Balazs Hotelier AUTHOR: Jay McInerney is a novelist whose work includes Bright Lights, Big City; Ransom; Story of My Life; Brightness Falls; and The Last of the Savages. He was the wine columnist for House & Garden magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in Bacchus & Me (2000) and A Hedonist in the Cellar (2006). His most recent novel, titled The Good Life, was published in 2006, and since April 2010 he has been a wine columnist for The Wall Street Journal. ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 images