When Adventures on the Wine Route was first published, Victor Hazan said, "In Kermit Lynch's small, true, delightful book there is more understanding about what wine really is than in everything else I have read."A quarter century later, this remarkable journey of wine, travel, and taste remains an essential volume for wine lovers. In 2007, Eric Asimov, in The New York Times, called it "one of the finest American books on wine," and in 2012, T...

Peter Mayle's A Good Year meets Sideways in the delightful debut novel from a James Beard Award-winning American wine merchant, the renowned Kermit Lynch.Known as the man who introduced rosé to the US, legendary wine importer Kermit Lynch is as lauded for his writing as he is for his impeccable taste in wines of every variety and vintage. His thoughtful, witty notes on the subject led to the modern nonfiction classic Adventures on the Wine Rou...

"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 Adventures on the Wine Route, his ultimate tour of France, especially its wine cellars. The "magic" of wine is Lynch's subject as he takes the listener on a singular journey through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, n...

**Winner of the prestigious André Simon Drink Book AwardThe first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste. This will be the go-to guide for aspiring sommeliers, wine aficionados who want to improve their blind tasting skills, and amateur enthusiasts looking for a straightforward and visceral way to understand and describe wine.**In this seminal addition to the wine canon, noted experts Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay ...

Ray Walker had a secure career in finance until a wine-tasting vacation ignited a passion that he couldn't stifle. Ray neglected his work, spending hours poring over ancient French wine-making texts, learning the techniques and the language, and daydreaming about vineyards. After Ray experienced his first taste of wine from Burgundy, he could wait no longer. He quit his job and went to France to start a winery—with little money, a limited command of French, and virtually no wine-making exp...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDRÉ SIMON DRINKS BOOK AWARD 2024** A DECANTER BEST WINE BOOK OF 2024**WINNER OF AN OIV AWARD 2024*"Dazzling" The Times Literary Supplement"Wine lovers who read this book will deeply, richly profit" The Best Wine Books of 2024 by Eric Asimov, The New York Times"Written by the very impressive Pacaline L...

**FINALIST FOR THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Eye-opening essays about searching for peace in the cacophony of birds and discovering a world of meaning in small moments—from award-winning actor Lili Taylor.“By turns introspective, inquisitive, and funny, the book is a love letter to nature and the solace it can provide.”—The New Yorker**A NEW YORKER AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARMost people don’t ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bold case for reimagining the American project and making American democracy real—from a formidable new voice in political journalism“The first thing I’ve read that provides a rigorous vision of how to refound this nation if we manage to survive the current threats to these core values.”—Chris Hayes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sirens’ CallFrustrated with our political dysfunction, w...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Reading Aflame may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama“A perfect read for the noisy and anxious world we live in right now." –NBC Today Show“Slender and splendid.” – The Marginalian, Best Books of 2025From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retrea...

A TIMES Food & Drink Book of the Year 2025A WATERSTONES Food & Drink Book of the Year 2025A DAILY MAIL Best Christmas CookbookA HOUSE AND GARDEN Cookbook of the Year 2025**'**Take a tasty trip from the Med to the Middle East with Sabrina Ghayour's effortless creations' ' - Mail on Sunday YOU MagazineThe perfect gift f...

It’s America’s bestselling wine book, now fully revised, updated, and in color!Beloved and trusted by everyone, from newcomers starting their wine journey to oenophiles, sommeliers, restaurateurs, and industry insiders, The Wine Bible is comprehensive, entertaining, authoritative, beautifully written, and endlessly interesting.Page after page grounds the reader deeply in the fundamentals—vineyards and varietals, climate and terroir—while layering o...

Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book AwardA Publishers Weekly’s “Top 10” PickThis groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, and lays out a case for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Monter...