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Wine Book Club 4: Tasting Pleasure

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Wine Book Club #4I’m quite happy to announce that I will be hosting the fourth edition of the Wine Book Club here at Behind the Vines, er, Wine Outlook. Dr. Debs came up with this idea back in December, as a way to help us keep our new year’s resolutions about reading more wine books, a kind of companion piece to Wine Blogging Wednesday created by Lenn Thompson. A dozen or so of us offered to host, and when I sent in my e-mail, I didn’t have to think twice about who my focused writer would be. Therefore, the book we’ll be reading for the next couple months—if you choose to participate—is Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover by the imitable Jancis Robinson.

I read this book on the drive to/from and on free moments during an extended camping trip last summer, and can’t wait to revisit this easy, informative read. With all the Ruth Reichl I’ve been reading lately, I feel a bit as if I’ve been cheating on my Jancis. I have always enjoyed her work, whether as editor, writer, or instructor but haven’t spent any time with her in a while. Therefore, I’m holding out the Wine Book Club as my bouquet of flowers.

Join me in the journey and report your reactions Tuesday, August 26. You can either leave the link in the comments on this post or you can send it to me directly by clicking on the contact me box to the right, putting Wine Book Club in the subject line.

In the meantime, Michelle from My Wine Education will be our Spin the Bottle reviewer of Natalie MacLean’s Red, White, and Drunk All Over sometime late July/early August.

Happy reading!

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Posted in Announcements, Wine Book Club on July 25th, 2008

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4 Responses to “Wine Book Club 4: Tasting Pleasure”

  1. Steven Walker Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 7:25 am

    Farley,

    I am so proud of you. No matter what happens
    blogwise, I know you will make the most of it. You are a very intelligent young lady with lots on your side. You WILL be successful in you endeavors through out your
    life. I brag on you alot. I work at a university and I use you as an inspiration for a lot of students that I work with.
    I love you and wish you the best.
    Your Dad,
    Steve

  2. Dr. Debs Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 8:56 am

    Wherever you take us, we’ll be there! I’m enjoying the book already, and there’s already a review posted on Shelfari, so great choice of title. Besides, as the author of the #6 and #10 ranked wineblogs in terms of traffic, blogging on only one may knock Asimov off his perch.

    You hang in there Farley. We believe in you.

  3. Farley Says:
    August 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Thanks, Dad. That means a lot.

    And thanks, Dr. Debs. It’s been a crazy road these past couple weeks. I’m eventually planning to switch over to my very own site.

  4. Affairs with Married Men Says:
    August 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am

    I love your writing style, wish i could write articles as well as you. Do you write all this yourself?

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