Traveler's Tales Adventures in Wine, True Stories of Vineyards and Vintages Around the World

This book is not a dry index of practical travel tips. You won't find a single restaurant rated with stars in these pages. What you will find is the essential experience of the wine regions of the world conveyed through first person narrative. Over 30 of wines best writers tell personal accounts of their most memorable moments in wine lands. Funny, touching, bizarre, but always engaging, if you want the real dirt on the world's wine locales before setting out, this book is as essential as travelers checks. Paperback, 249 pp. 2002