Wine

<p>Object Lessons is a series of short beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. <p/>While wine drunk millennia ago was the humble beverage of the people today the drink is inextricable with power sophistication and often wealth. Bottles sell for half a million dollars. Point systems tell us which wines are considered the best. Wine professionals give us the language to describe what we taste. <p/>Agricultural product and cultural commodity drink of ritual and drink of addiction purveyor of pleasure pain and memory - wine has never been contained in a single glass. Drawing from science religion literature and memoir <i>Wine </i>meditates on the power structures bound up with making and drinking this ancient intoxicating beverage. <p/>Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in <i>The Atlantic.</i></p>