{"product_id":"adventures-on-the-wine-route-a-wine-buyers-tour-of-france-25th-anniversary-edition-9780374538538","title":"Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France (25th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe newly designed twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic volume, brought up-to-date\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull . . . If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms, there is a world of magic to discover.\" So wrote the renowned wine expert Kermit Lynch in the introduction to \u003ci\u003eAdventures on the Wine Route\u003c\/i\u003e, his ultimate tour of France, especially its wine cellars. The \"magic\" of wine is Lynch's subject as he takes the reader on a singular journey through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, northern and southern Rhone, and Burgundy. In \u003ci\u003eAdventures on the Wine Route\u003c\/i\u003e, the wine lover will find wisdom without a trace of pretension and hype. As Victor Hazan wrote, \"In Kermit Lynch's small, true, delightful book there is more understanding about what wine really is than in everything else I have read.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for Lynch and for \u003ci\u003eAdventures on the Wine Route\u003c\/i\u003e has not ceased since the book's initial publication a quarter century ago. In 2007, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called it \"one of the finest American books on wine.\" And in June 2012, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e proclaimed it \"the best book on the wine business.\" Full of vivid portraits of French vintners, memorable evocations of the French countryside, and, of course, vibrant descriptions of French wines, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eAdventures on the Wine Route\u003c\/i\u003e updates a modern classic for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Kermit Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636675571868,"sku":"9780374538538","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_77c8af61-4308-448c-9ab7-af3cdf2b906e.jpg?v=1603842613","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/adventures-on-the-wine-route-a-wine-buyers-tour-of-france-25th-anniversary-edition-9780374538538","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}