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Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France (25th Anniversary Edition) Paperback – Illustrated, May 7, 2019
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“Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull . . . If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms, there is a world of magic to discover.” So wrote the renowned wine expert Kermit Lynch in the introduction to Adventures on the Wine Route, his ultimate tour of France, especially its wine cellars. The “magic” of wine is Lynch’s subject as he takes the reader on a singular journey through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, northern and southern Rhone, and Burgundy. In Adventures on the Wine Route, the wine lover will find wisdom without a trace of pretension and hype. As Victor Hazan wrote, “In Kermit Lynch’s small, true, delightful book there is more understanding about what wine really is than in everything else I have read.”
Praise for Lynch and for Adventures on the Wine Route has not ceased since the book’s initial publication a quarter century ago. In 2007, the New York Times called it “one of the finest American books on wine.” And in June 2012, The Wall Street Journal proclaimed it “the best book on the wine business.” Full of vivid portraits of French vintners, memorable evocations of the French countryside, and, of course, vibrant descriptions of French wines, this new edition of Adventures on the Wine Route updates a modern classic for our times.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication dateMay 7, 2019
- Dimensions6 x 0.85 x 8.95 inches
- ISBN-100374538530
- ISBN-13978-0374538538
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“One of the pleasantest and truest books about wine I've ever read.” ―M. F. K. Fisher
“Kermit's book changed my thinking about wine. Colorful encounters with larger-than-life personalities, the primacy of the land and authenticity, plus a good dose of humorous anecdotes to keep you entertained. This book deserves to stay in print forever!” ―Alice Waters
“Adventures on the Wine Route is the best book I've ever read about wine. Kermit Lynch is as brilliant a writer as he is a taster, and his quest for authentic wine is more relevant than ever.” ―Jay McInerney
“When one enters a bookstore nowadays and goes to the section reserved for books about wine, one is overwhelmed by how immensely it has grown. In this jungle where obsolescence is rampant, only a very few will become classics. Adventures on the Wine Route is surely one of them--a quarter of a century old and not one wrinkle! The author's prose, his lyrical descriptions, his enthusiasm--not to mention his unique experiences along ‘his' wine route--will delight, instruct, and cast an indelible spell on readers for years to come.” ―Aubert and Pamela de Villaine
“I am simply thrilled by it. I am bowled over by his blend of poetry and candour. What heaven-sent common sense.” ―Hugh Johnson
“Quirky, opinionated, maddening, hilarious . . . riveting, illuminating, totally original . . . Strongly recommended.” ―Clive Coates
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- Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Anniversary edition (May 7, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0374538530
- ISBN-13 : 978-0374538538
- Item Weight : 13.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.85 x 8.95 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #64,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #44 in Wine (Books)
- #67 in General France Travel Guides
- #71 in Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making
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He takes us all over France and this book is an important grand tour of the lesser wine regions of France. Yet reading Lynch, you might start to excoriate anyone who uses the words 'lesser wine regions of France'; so perhaps we should start by saying, the lesser known wine regions of France - Languedoc, and Provence.
This book is truly an adventure. Lynch skips over major names and dwells on lesser-known ones. Writing about people who ask 'which wine is better', Lynch would ask in reply, 'Better for what?' He says, 'Wine's pleasures may be transitory in the sense that the wine is consumed, but the memory can endure. For me, a Pommard 1964 stands above all the other wines that I enjoyed during a certain period in my life'.
Other reviewers have commented on the fact that the France he describes is gone; that may be true, but how great to know what it was through this book, and to know what we have lost to a corporatized wine world.
I bought it on Kindle and read it in bits running around during my work day. I am now going to buy the real book and sit down and enjoy it with a glass of wine!
In “Adventures on the Wine Route”, Kermit Lynch wrote an ode to a way of life in French wine, of a time and place that was special and in so doing he wrote a love story for us all.
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Aber Lynch gibt wirklich einen guten Einblick in die Seele vieler Weinmacher und Anregungen, über die eigenen Weinvorlieben und -Erfahrungen zu reflektieren. A good read, sagt der Ami, glaube ich.
