Books
Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page, “The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine” and “What to Eat With What You Drink”: Everything anyone could want or need to know about matching up beverages and food. Review
Steve Heimoff, “A Journey Along the Russian River”: A look at the geography, the geology and most of all the people who have made the Russian River Valley home to distinctive wines. Review
Don & Petie Kladstrup, “Wine & War: The French, The Nazis & the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure”: A splendid yarn, equal parts rollicking and harrowing, about how some of France’s foremost vintners made it through an occupation and a war. Review
Rick Kushman, “A Moveable Thirst”: A funny, incisive visit to every tasting room in the Napa Valley. Review
Kermit Lynch, “Adventures on a Wine Route”: Smart and focused, Lynch chronicles his early visits to French wineries. Review
Natalie MacLean, “Red, White and Drunk All Over”: As charming and disarming as the title would portend. Review
Karen MacNeil, “The Wine Bible”: A graceful, approachable compendium on wine, a great indoctrination for wine devotees at all levels. Review
Elin McCoy, “The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker Jr. and the Reign of American Taste”: A deeply reported, incisive and insightful biography of the most influential figure in the late-20th-century wine world. Review
George M. Taber, “Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine”: A cogent look back at the historic contest, how it came together and what it wrought. Review
Terry Theise, “Reading Between the Wines”: An insightful, inspiring and guffaw-filled trip through the importer extraordinaire’s life and mind. Review
Benjamin Wallace, “The Billionaire’s Vinegar”: History, of wine and the world in several centuries, writ large, in a riveting page-turner. Review