Terrific. Natalie MacLean writes about wine with a sensuous obsession. Eminently readable-and often laugh-out-loud funny.-Rex Pickett, author of Sideways
In this bodice-ripping wine book that got widespread and excellent reviews in hardcover, multiple James Beard and IACP award-winning writer Natalie MacLean's journey through the international world of wine is the perfect companion for neophytes and wine aficionados alike.
Includes a new chapter with answers to questions about the trickiest foods to pair with wine: chocolate, cheese, vegetarian dishes, take out, and some spicy cuisines that are not traditionally thought of as wine friendly.
Praise for
Red, White, & Drunk All Over:
"[Natalie MacLean's] relationship with wine is sensual, very personal and she acknowledges, and occasionally embraces, an aspect of it virtually ignored by most wine books: its delightful effect on the nervous system. She has very cleverly wrapped a wine primer in such appealing anecdote that any reader, male or female, should find learning about wine completely painless." --Jancis Robinson, author of
The Oxford Companion to Wine "There's something sensuous about Natalie MacLean's new book … check that: There's a
lot that's sensuous about her charming and disarming paean to the wine world. 'Red, White and Drunk All Over' is a passion play of sorts (with wine as her religion), starring sundry luminaries of the wine world, not least among them the author…With enough wit and wisdom to fill a magnum-sized decanter, MacLean imparts knowledge without seeming 'teacherly,' thanks in part to a conversational style that never seems 'writerly.'"
-Minneapolis Star Tribune "[A] wonderfully witty wine industry expose…Readers will appreciate MacLean's infectious curiosity and her demystification of a seemingly intimidating world. Like a well aged wine, her enthusiasm is irresistible."
-Italian Cooking and Living Magazine "This breezy read, told through the lens of personal experience, is a perfect pick-up for the passionate novice wh