New Book Review

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune's review of the year's best wine books:

"Every bit as edifying and entertaining is Patrick  Alexander’s “Booklovers’Guide to Wine” (Mango, 394 pages, $19.95), which takes pairing to a new level: matching great reading with tasty wines. This book would be a highly recommendable primer on wine without the literary references as Alexander guides us through regions and grapes, plus how to truly appreciate this nectar.

But the hefty chapter matching grapes with authors is pure delight: albariño and J.R.R. Tolkien, chardonnay and Jane Austen, and his personal favorite, gewürztraminer and Marcel Proust. Amazingly, every explanation of the matchups makes so much sense that it’s impossible to imagine another author for that wine, or vice versa." 

http://www.startribune.com/grab-a-glass-of-wine-and-check-out-the-year-s-best-books-on-the-subject/463936663/