I have to admit that I’ve gotten off to a slow start with the Wine Book Club. I still have yet to post my review of Wine and Philosophy as part of the first “spin the bottle” round and I never cracked open the first selection, Vino Italiano. Kudos to David McDuff for a great job hosting the first edition with a great turnout. I hope to carry forward this momentum and now announce the next book in our series.
Bordeaux has always been a benchmark for me as these were the first wines that all the books said I should appreciate when the wine bug first bit me in 1980. After literally cutting my teeth with their wines of the 1970’s (not always too much fun) I fully recognized the importance of Bordeaux when the first 1982’s were released. By then, of course, I was drinking mostly Napa juice but some of these Bordeaux spoke to me in a different way and I continued my wine education.
So the second edition of the Wine Book Club is focused on William Echikson’s Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution. I selected this book because it gives the backstory of what is wrong and right in Bordeaux in an engaging and very readable style. Also, since it’s been out for a few years, it’s very reasonably priced used and available at many libraries.
Bordeaux has always been a benchmark for me as these were the first wines that all the books said I should appreciate when the wine bug first bit me in 1980. After literally cutting my teeth with their wines of the 1970’s (not always too much fun) I fully recognized the importance of Bordeaux when the first 1982’s were released. By then, of course, I was drinking mostly Napa juice but some of these Bordeaux spoke to me in a different way and I continued my wine education.