Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar

Posted on August 16th, 2012 by Cankle
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Jay McInerney on wine? Yes, Jay McInerney on wine! The best-selling novelist has turned his command of language and flair for metaphor on the world of wine, providing this sublime collection of untraditional musings on wine and wine culture that is as fit for someone looking for “a nice Chardonnay” as it is for the oenophile.

On champagne: “Is Dom Pérignon worth four bottles of Mo‘t & Chandon? If you are a connoisseur, a lover, a snob, or the owner of a large oceangoing craft, the answer . . . is probably yes.”
On the difficulty of picking a wine for a vegetarian meal: “Like boys and girls locked away in same-sex prep schools, most wines yearn for a bit of flesh.”
On telling the difference between Burgundy and Bordeaux: “If it’s red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that’s left in the vase after the flowers have died, it’s probably Burgundy.”
On the fungus responsible for the heavenly flavor of the dessert wine called Sauternes: “Not since Baudelaire smoked opium has corruption resulted in such beauty.”

Includes new material plus recommendations on the world’s most romantic wines and the best wines to pair with a meal

Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (March 12, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 037571362X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375713620
  • Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces

Customer Reviews

An original and entirely different wine guide…

 June 14, 2001
McInerney does not try to pretend to be writing a Wine Encyclopoedia. What he does deliver, in many respects, is far superior. His approach is wonderfully effective (and to toip things off, witty and entertaining) when it comes to translating the whole sensory and intellectual experience into a liverly written format. He goes way beyond the mere dry, descriptive and factual approach of the usual wine guides, and allows the reader to truly immerse himself in the experience. And have fun, and also learn stuff.

Thoroughly entertaining.

Bacchus & Me

 April 26, 2002
By Rudolf Stryck
My wife and I found the book so entertaining that we could hardly put it down. We alternately read every chapter to eachother out loud for fear of the other getting to laugh first.
We particularly enjoyed the authors wit and amusing parallels.
Hopefully the book will also be published in German so we can give it to all our non English speaking friends.

Broad Wine Review

 May 27, 2009
By A. R. Escher Jr. "Anesthesiologist"
excellent treatment of many topics in wine.
If only one could have joined Jay in his wine adventures!
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