TO FALL IN LOVE DRINK THIS

Nominated for a James Beard AwardNamed a Best Wine Book of 2022 by The New York Times Forbes and The Washington PostFrom veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine love heartbreak and the never-ending process of coming-of-age.Alice Feiring is a special sort of wine writer-the kind who dares to disagree with wine “experts” and who believes wholeheartedly that the best wine writing is about life.To Fall in Love Drink This is both her love letter to wine and a lifelong coming-of-age story. In a series of candid wise and humorous personal essays Feiring tells the story of her parents’ divorce her first big wine assignment the end of an eleven-year relationship the death of her father a near-fatal brush with a serial killer pandemic lockdown and more-and suffuses each with love romance pain joy and wine. Each essay is “accompanied” by a no-nonsense wine take-away designed to answer the questions everyday wine lovers have about wine-age price grapes vineyards and vintners.This frank charismatic work is a refreshingly grounded addition to the genre of wine-writing. Feiring has crafted a timeless positively unpretentious memoir that will appeal to everyone who has ever enjoyed a glass of wine.