Drink In These Popular reads With Your Favorite Wine
What a relaxing scene!
We love interesting articles about wine (and, of course, blogs), but there’s nothing like chilling out with a delicious glass of wine and a juicy book with wine country as the backdrop.
From scandals between vineyard owners to murder mysteries among the vines to an intimate look at the eclectic personalities of winemakers – there is a book for all tastes. We’ve suggested a few here to jumpstart your reading; after all, beach season is around the corner! And we’ve included a few non-fiction ideas to round out your library.
The Villa
by Nora Roberts
Like a true romance novel, this book is full of intrigue, sabotage, murder, attraction, and plenty of surprise twists and turns. When two significant wineries merge, the matriarch of the Giambelli family is ready to face conflicts with the head of the MacMillian family’s winery. She didn’t realize that she’d be torn between her business and her heart. This stand-alone novel is as fun as an ‘80s soap opera and is excellent for light summer reading.
Get down to the bottom of a story while you get to the bottom of a glass!
The Chardonnay Charade: A Wine Country Mystery
by Ellen Crosby
When cold weather threatens to kill her grapes, Lucie flies a helicopter over her vineyard to blow warm air on the vines and save them. But from above, she sees a dead body lying on the ground. This scene is just the beginning of an enticing novel that weaves murder and intrigue along with the history of the state of Virginia. It’s a story involving romance, jealousy, loyalty, and even new information about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Around the World in Eighty Wines: Exploring Wine One Country at a Time
by Mike Veseth
This adventure novel, inspired by Jules Verne’s classic, Around the World in 80 Days, is for anyone who loves travel and exploring as much as they love wine. Hop on for a ride that’ll take you on a wine-centric journey around the globe. As Wine Spectator says, the author’s “...enthusiasm for the people he meets and the stories they tell should encourage wine lovers to take a voyage of their own, pushing beyond their comfort zones to explore the vast and surprising world of wine.”
South of Somewhere: Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy
by Robert V. Camuto
With humor and charm, Camuto takes the reader to 8 different southern Italian wine regions and delivers detailed descriptions of the personalities and the food, history, struggles, and triumphs of the winemakers of the region. It was both a New York Times and Washington Post Best Wine Book of 2021.
The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Benjamin Wallace
This non-fiction book features a suspenseful tale about a $156,000 bottle of wine that’s said to have been owned by Thomas Jefferson. It’s an engaging and exciting true story steeped in mystery with a bottle of wine as the main character.
Challenge yourself!
The Big Wine Puzzle Book Compiled
by Andrew Unsworth
Love puzzles? This book contains 100 different puzzles, code breakers, word searches, anagrams, and more. All wine-related!
Wine for Dummies
By Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan
Know an aspiring sommelier, or are you curious to learn more about your favorite beverage? This book will cover everything you need to know and didn’t know you needed to know. It covers many topics, including pairings, how to order wine in a restaurant, busting myths, and grape varieties. It even has a chapter about buying and collecting wine. Written by experts, this book explains dense topics in a way that is easy to understand.
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