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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.

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'Personal, enlightening, and above all fun to read' * Michael Broadbent, Master of Wine of Christie's *
‘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 *
‘Brilliant, witty, comical and often shamelessly candid and provocative' * Robert M. Parker Jr, The Wine Advocate *

A Hedonist in the Cellar Adventures in Wine Jay McInerney

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 10/22/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780747591320
      978-0747591320
      ISBN-10 0747591326
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      'Personal, enlightening, and above all fun to read' * Michael Broadbent, Master of Wine of Christie's *
      ‘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 *
      ‘Brilliant, witty, comical and often shamelessly candid and provocative' * Robert M. Parker Jr, The Wine Advocate *

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