A Hedonist in the Cellar Adventures in Wine

InA Hedonist in the Cellar,Jay McInerney gathers more than five years' worth of essays and continues his exploration of what's new, what's enduring, and what's surprisinggiving his palate a complete workout and the reader an indispensable, idiosyncratic guide to a world of almost infinite variety. Filled with delights oenophiles everywhere will savor, this is a collection driven not only by wine itself but also the people who make it. An entertaining, irresistible book that is essential for anyone enthralled by the myriad pleasures of wine.

Jay McInerney, whose wine column appears monthly in House & Garden, is the author of seven novels, the most recent of which is The Good Life. The 2006 recipient of the James Beard Foundation’s M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, he lives in New York City.

From the Hardcover edition.

Introduction	p. XIII
Foreplay
My Favorite White	p. 3
Friulis Favorite Son: Tocai Friulano	p. 7
Thin Is In: The New Wave of California Chardonnays	p. 11
The Whites of the Andes	p. 15
The Forgotten Whites of Bordeaux	p. 19
No Respect: Soave	p. 23
Gray Is the New White: Pinot Gris	p. 27
Translating German Labels	p. 31
"All Wine Wishes It Could Be Red"
The Shedistas of Santa Barbara	p. 37
The Roasted Slope of the Rhone	p. 41
The House Red of the Montagues and the Capulets	p. 46
"An Extreme, Emotional Wine": Amarone	p. 50
Cape Crusaders: South African Reds	p. 54
The Black Wine of Cahors	p. 58
Major Barbera	p. 62
Go Ask Alice: The Dark Secret of Bandol	p. 66
The Spicy Reds of Chile	p. 70
Malbec Rising	p. 74
Personality Test: Julia's Vineyard	p. 78
How to Impress Your Sommelier
How to Impress Your Sommelier, Part One: German Riesling	p. 85
No More Sweet Talk, or How to Impress Your Sommelier, Part Two: Austrian Riesling	p. 89
The Semi-Obscure Treasures of Alsace	p. 93
The Discreet Charms of Old-Style Rioja	p. 97
The Mysterious Beauty of Sagrantino di Montefalco	p. 101
Lovers, Fighters, and Other Obsessives
Oedipus at Hermitage: Michel Chapoutier	p. 107
Ghetto Boys: Greg Brewer and Steve Clifton Get Radical	p. 111
Jilted Lover: Auberon Waugh	p. 115
The Obsessive: Remirez de Ganuza	p. 119
Berkeley's French Ambassador: Kermit Lynch	p. 123
The Mad Scientist of Jadot	p. 127
Voice in the Wilderness: Willy Frank and the Finger Lakes	p. 131
Finessing the Fruit Bombs	p. 135
Mountain Men: The Smith Brothers of Smith-Madrone	p. 139
Do the Brits Taste Differently? Michael Broadbent and Jancis Robinson	p. 143
Robert Mondavi's Bizarro Twin: The Passions and Puns of Randall Grahm	p. 147
Expensive Dates
First Among Firsts? The Glories of Cheval-Blanc	p. 153
The Name's Bond	p. 158
"A Good and Most Perticular Taste": Haut-Brion	p. 162
The Maserati of Champagne	p. 166
Bacchanalian Dreambook: The Wine List at La Tour d'Argent	p. 170
Matches Made in Heaven
Fish Stories from Le Bernardin	p. 177
What to Drink with Chocolate	p. 181
Provencal Pink	p. 185
Odd Couples: What to Drink with Asian Food	p. 189
Bin Ends
Baby Jesus in Velvet Pants: Bouchard and Burgundy	p. 195
Strictly Kosher	p. 199
Body and Soil	p. 203
New Zealand's Second Act	p. 208
Bubbles and Spirits
Number Two and Bitching Louder: Armagnac	p. 215
White on White: Blanc de Blancs Champagne	p. 219
Monk Business: The Secrets of Chartreuse	p. 223
Tiny Bubbles: Artisanal Champagnes	p. 227
The Wild Green Fairy: Absinthe	p. 231
Epilogue: What I Drank on My Forty-eighth Birthday	p. 337
Selected Bibliography	p. 241
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