From the author of the bestselling Red, White and Drunk All Over, comes a new book, Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines that will amuse and enthrall with its character sketches of obsessive personalities, travel to gorgeous vineyards, mouth-watering descriptions of food and wine, “hidden” wine education and neurotic humor.

Packed with colorful stories about the passionate personalities who inhabit the world of wine, award-winning wine writer Natalie MacLean whisks you to the mountainside vineyards of Germany, the baked red earth of Australia, and the shady verandahs of Niagara–as well as to scenic, offbeat locations in southern Italy, the Mediterranean, Argentina, Chile and South Africa–all in search of the best value bottles the world has to offer.

Of her journey, Natalie MacLean says, “I’ve spent the past several years traipsing around the world, visiting wineries, tasting their offerings, and searching for the world’s best inexpensive wines. The narrative is as familiar as Arthur’s quest for the grail and as naïve as the little bird’s plaintive search for the affirmative in Are You My Mother?”

Standing firmly against wine snobbery and using her signature conversational style, MacLean insists that good wine doesn’t have to be expensive. There’s plenty to take away from her inspired recommendations from food pairings to lists of favorite value wines and wineries, plus plenty of pointers that will deepen your own drinking pleasure.

NATALIE MACLEAN, named the World’s Best Drinks Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia, is the only person to have won both the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation and the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d’Escoffier International. Her regular wine columns in print reach 5.1 million readers, her free wine e-newsletter is read by more than 123,000 wine lovers and her mobile applications for iPhone and BlackBerry have been downloaded by more than 110,000 smartphone users. An accredited sommelier, she is the author of Red, White and Drunk All Over, chosen as the Best Wine Literature Book in the English language at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Connect with Natalie at:

Web site: www.nataliemaclean.com
Twitter:  www.twitter.com/nataliemaclean
Facebook: www.facebook.com/natdecants

Purchase: Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines

A note for Chic Galleria’s Editor in Chief, Beth Anderson: Loved reading Natalie’s new book!  She had me at the opening chapter with her witty comments about why she enjoys her profession.  I’m admittedly a novice when it comes to choosing wines and Natalie’s book helped me realize that it’s OK to leave the decision making to the experts!  Her book took me to countries and vineyards that I could only dream of visiting.  Unquenchable is not only educational, but extremely entertaining.  I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves the study of wine as well as consuming a fine glass.

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