{"id":3833,"date":"2011-10-04T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2011-10-04T10:22:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T10:22:38","slug":"unquenchable-has-laugh-out-loud-funny-sections-unheard-of-for-a-wine-book-halifax-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/unquenchable-has-laugh-out-loud-funny-sections-unheard-of-for-a-wine-book-halifax-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Unquenchable has laugh-out-loud funny sections, unheard of for a wine book – Halifax Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Love, love this review from Halifax Magazine wine critic Danny Hewitt! I’m so glad that at least one person gets my humour!<\/p>\n

Library of the grape<\/strong>
\nBy Danny Hewitt<\/p>\n

October 2011<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been passionate about books since I was a child, so it makes sense that I love books about wines. I\u2019ve read everything from an Australian wine comic book to several wine encyclopedias.<\/p>\n

As with most other large-scale topics, the number of printed books available on the topic of wine is huge. The most enjoyable wine books are often ones that tell a story about a winery, or the beginning of a region\u2019s wine industry. Many wine stories involve luck, hard work and determination. Some, like Wine & War (by Don and Petie Kladstrup) tell fascinating stories about partisans hiding caches of valuable French wine from German invaders in the Second World War.<\/p>\n

But most wine books are educational\u2014reference books for questions on wine or for food pairing guides. With Nova Scotian wine writer Natalie MacLean releasing a new title on October 25, this seems an ideal time to review some wine books. Read on for a review of her new title and two valuable references that won\u2019t go amiss in a grape lover\u2019s library.<\/p>\n

Unquenchable<\/strong>
\nA Tipsy Quest for the World\u2019s Best Bargain Wines<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doubleday Canada, By Natalie MacLean<\/p>\n

Natalie MacLean writes for the wine-loving masses through her unpretentious and down-to-earth style, no doubt rooted in a Nova Scotian upbringing. She grew up here and her mom still lives here, although MacLean and her family are now located in Ottawa. Like many of us she stumbled into wine, well\u2026 because she liked to have a few drinks after work. Her folksy style is a pleasant and charming contrast to the encyclopedic tone of many wine books.<\/p>\n

Almost unheard of for wine books, it has laugh-out-loud funny sections as she describes globe trotting in search of \u201cgreat value\u201d wines. Her behind-the-scenes encounters with the people who create, market and sell wine are both humorous and educational. At the end of each chapter, she recommends wines and foods pairings. I recommend the book highly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love, love this review from Halifax Magazine wine critic Danny Hewitt! I’m so glad that at least one person gets my humour! Library of the grape By Danny Hewitt October 2011 I\u2019ve been passionate about books since I was a child, so it makes sense that I love books about wines. I\u2019ve read everything from an Australian wine comic book to several wine encyclopedias. As with most other large-scale topics, the number of printed books available on the topic of wine is huge. The most enjoyable wine books are often ones that tell a story about a winery, or the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-unquenchable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3929,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}