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Hungry for Wine: Seeing the World Through the Lens of a Wine Glass Paperback – September 14, 2015

by Cathy Huyghe (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
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Get ready to find some things you never expected to find in a book about wine. Things like regrets, migrant labor, war, financial crises, and post-apartheid economics. Things, too, like following a calling, and doing something even though it makes no sense, and creating the life you imagine for yourself. For the people you’ll meet in these twelve chapters, wine does so much more than quench thirst. Wine is how they express themselves to the world. It’s how they put food on the table for their families. It’s how they carve their niche. Sometimes it’s even their tool to fight repression and discrimination. Hungry for Wine is also a memoir about how the author went from simply liking the taste of wine, to tasting it every day, to writing about it 365 days a year, to traveling the world in search of the people and the stories in this book. Some people see the world in a grain of sand. Now you can see it in a glass of wine. This book will change the way you look at wine. Forever.
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    September 14, 2015
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.31 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1944159207
  6. ISBN-13
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"Cathy Huyghe's book is most certainly not a how-to-become-a-wine-connoisseur-in-X-number-of-days, but rather an exploration of what a life that is passionate about wine looks like, feels like and sounds like." -Randall Grahm, Winemaker and Owner, Bonny Doon Vineyard

"Cathy is a master storyteller, she makes us dream of sipping those wines she presents, of visiting those places, of meeting those people. A book that invites you to reflect, while reading it with one hand. Keep a glass of wine in the other." -Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW

"What an opus! Huyghe gives us a real world with real people, dirt, mold, war, economic dislocation. The unexpected -- a rabbit, octopi, a wine cemetery -- and above all, a people whose hearts have been forged in the furnace of life." -Allegra Jordan, Author of The End of Innocence

"Brilliantly written, Hungry for Wine exceeds my expectations in every chapter. It is sincere, refreshing, and significant. Where other writers have failed, Cathy has succeeded in humanizing wine." -Arlene Oliveros, Certified Sommelier, Founder/CEO of World of Wines (WOW), Canada & Philippines

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Provisions Press (September 14, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 130 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1944159207
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1944159207
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.31 x 9 inches
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Customers find the book's premise fascinating and appreciate its practical yet warm narrative style. The wine knowledge aspect receives positive feedback, with one customer describing it as a wonderful journey through the world of wine.

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Customers find the book highly readable, with its fascinating premise and uniquely beautiful lesson, and one customer describes it as a practical yet warm narrative.

"...Her book is a relatively quick read that offers a series of thoughtful essays about the relationships between the wine you drink and the people and..." Read more

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"...The vignettes do not lack for poignancy, but none goes beyond rather superficial observations about the winemakers, the vineyards, the winemaker's..." Read more

"Excellent read, good to read about wine from a very interesting point of view, the economics." Read more

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Customers appreciate the wine knowledge in the book, with one customer describing it as a wonderful journey through the world of wine, while another notes its focus on processes in wine-making.

"...up one chapter at a time over a few weekends, but much like a great bottle of wine, after a couple of hours one lazy Saturday I found myself turning..." Read more

"...I can't argue with the author's overarching premise - that wine is best enjoyed in context, and that other than wine that is manufactured under quasi..." Read more

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  • Jessica Hunt
    5.0 out of 5 stars Practical yet warm survey of socio-political climates, people, processes in wine-making
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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    A couple of months ago, a friend picked this book for our inaugural brunch book club read. I meant to soak it up one chapter at a time over a few weekends, but much like a great bottle of wine, after a couple of hours one lazy Saturday I found myself turning the final page feeling satiated and a little bittersweet that I polished it all off in one go.

    Each chapter serves as both a review of a specific bottle as well as a mini survey of the socio-political climate, process, and people that nurtured each vintage to fruition. Huyghe is frank and accessible in her coverage of both as she narrows in on the intersection of products and people. She offers a practical yet warm narrative that feels as if an informed journalist were writing to a dear friend.

    Her book is a relatively quick read that offers a series of thoughtful essays about the relationships between the wine you drink and the people and processes behind the vines. If you're looking for a comprehensive textbook on each subject covered in this book, you're in the wrong place. As a mid-twenties woman interested in learning more about wine, I really enjoyed this book and have much more to offer in conversations on the subject after finishing this quick read, as well as a great resource for affordable, attainable wines with a great story.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars "The life a winemaker, in other words, is anything but glamorous." beautifully illustrated
    Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016
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    I love this book. As a transplant to a wine region in Northern Italy I have come to appreciate the back story of the wine and the winemaker in a very different way. Nuances I could never know by simply picking up a bottle at my neighborhood wine shop. The story behind what is in the glass - and, how it made its way there - makes it that much more special. I was especially drawn to the chapters of wine areas I know little about, Patagonia, Syria, even the urban winery in Portland for a different reason. It's where I grew up.

    I love this line from Chapter 12: "The life a winemaker, in other words, is anything but glamorous." I've come to learn that first hand getting to know the producers in my region. At the heart of it, those making the wine are farmers. With that comes many challenges and it was incredible to see how those play out in difference cultures, from vantage points I never considers. Grazie Mille, Cathy. I look forward to the next installment.
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  • Chambolle
    3.0 out of 5 stars No vinous epiphany here
    Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2016
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    Reading the early reviews of this book here on amazon, I fully expected it to offer up a life changing, game changing experience. It does not. Nothing wrong with the book, but nothing earthshattering about it either. It is a modest, not unpleasant, somewhat superficial collection of essays, no more, no less.

    This is about a 90 minute read, something of a summer at the beach book for those with particularly short attention spans. Its treatment of the wines and wineries featured in the book does not plumb any depths. Each chapter is a brief essay that reads like a typical blog post, or a collection of tweets, as much of the writing comes at you in single sentence paragraphs strung together in somewhat machine gun fashion. Each chapter/essay is a brief vignette, each with a human interest angle -- Greek winemaking in the midst of an economic crisis, Syrian winemaking in a war-torn country, and so on. The vignettes do not lack for poignancy, but none goes beyond rather superficial observations about the winemakers, the vineyards, the winemaker's methods and the author's travel experiences.

    Not all of the information in the book is entirely accurate, either. For example, Ms. Huyghe compares an 'urban winery' in Portland (yes, as in "Portlandia") with what she calls the "Beaune model" - grapes harvested some distance from an urban center and carted to town to be crushed, vinified, stored in tank and barrel, bottled and sold by small storefront winemaking and sales operations. Having spent considerable time in Burgundy over the past two decades, I can tell you with a reasonable degree of certainty that is just plain wrong. Winemaking in Burgundy is largely done by growers all over the region who also make and bottle their own wine in their own cuveries and cellars, using grapes from their own properties, or from sharecropped or leased vineyards, and the wine is now usually estate bottled and sold by the grower en vente direct or more broadly distributed through a broker. The model that Huyghe describes has been on the decline for some time, and the leading Beaune negociants, like Jadot, Drouhin, et al., are largely bottling more and more of their wine from their own vineyard properties. Indeed the incredible proliferation of small producers is perhaps the most distinctive feature of the Burgundian winemaking model of the last few decades.

    Nor are there really any vinous epiphanies to be found here. It is hardly news that wine ought to be drunk when it is at its best, not hoarded for all eternity, under poor conditions, until it has deteriorated. Nor is it really news that the traditional Rioja riserva style involves long elevage in American oak, yielding wines that have a delicacy and complexity on release that one does not find in wines bottled and sold after a year or so in barrel. All of these are rather obvious points and all are addressed in a panoply of earlier books, usually in considerably greater depth and detail than is offered here.

    I can't argue with the author's overarching premise - that wine is best enjoyed in context, and that other than wine that is manufactured under quasi-industrial conditions, each wine has a human backstory. The French have a word for that - it's "terroir," a concept that has been around for a long, long time. Ms. Huyghe did not discover something unique and new in the few years that this book says she has been paying attention to wine. Which begs the question, who are the folks who penned the back-cover blurb-tinged reviews posted here? I will hazard a guess they are friends, relations, family and colleagues, not unbiased readers.

    In all, the book is not an unpleasant read, but it also does not plow any new ground. Indeed, it barely scratches the surface of a few bits of vinous territory.
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  • Mariella Beukers
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2015
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    Excellent read, good to read about wine from a very interesting point of view, the economics.
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  • Chris H
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a fantastic book! If you're interested in how wine and ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015
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    This is a fantastic book! If you're interested in how wine and everyday life intersect, order a copy and enjoy. You won't regret it. It covers active events like the war in Syria, the Greek economic woes, migrant workers and so much more. This is not another wine book. It's a unique way of writing about how the glass of wine came to be. A chronicle of the unique obstacles and circumstances that are influencing every individual wine. Be ready to have fun and learn a lot about the world through a wine glass. Best enjoyed in a relaxed environment with your own favorite wine within reach.
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  • Cathrine M Todd
    5.0 out of 5 stars Each chapter shares a uniquely beautiful lesson that spans the world
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015
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    A stunning book with insightful stories that expresses why wine is a very special beverage. Each chapter shares a uniquely beautiful lesson that spans the world. From The Young Man's wine collection in West Cambridge, Massachusetts to the "hero wine" in Turkey to ancient cellars in Rioja, Spain this book takes you on a once in a lifetime journey - but hopefully there will be many more journeys to come. I would highly recommend this book to those who not only love wine but also to those who love to learn about the world and those special personal revelations that connect all of us.
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  • richf
    3.0 out of 5 stars Binding is not good
    Reviewed in Canada on April 23, 2017
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    The book's binding failed; as soon as I started reading, the pages began to fall out and did so through the entire book!
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  • Mr Omar Campos
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, easy reading.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2017
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    I liked the simplicity of style in the book, when writing about wine, its background and the people around it.
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