{"id":9005,"date":"2015-10-28T16:11:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/?p=9005"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:11:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:11:15","slug":"fun-wine-book-vintage-by-david-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/fun-wine-book-vintage-by-david-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun wine book: “Vintage” by David Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Vintage” by David Baker<\/h2>\n
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A fun read for wine and food lovers and wine country travelers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. If you are like me and love to cook, drink wine and travel to the wine country, this book belongs on your reading list. It is light, fun, mysterious, and adds some food and wine education into the mix. The central character in “Vintage” is Bruno Tannenbaum, a wine and food writer and the author of “Twenty Recipes for Love.” \u00a0Since that book was published, writer’s block has set in and Bruno cannot write anything, even on his old trusty typewriter. He is a “has been,” and is at the bottom of his game after getting fired from his writing gig at the Chicago Sun-Times. He is flat broke and lives with his mother. His wife had kicked him out long before, but he still cherishes her and their two young daughters. He clings to the past and the “good old days of wine and food writing” before the Internet, with its online wine shops and blogs. He takes a poke at wine and food bloggers, “The fact that every asshole with an opinion could become a critic.”<\/p>\n

Just as Bruno hits bottom, he stumbles upon a tale\u00a0about a mystery wine. Rumor has it that the wine is from a legendary Burgundy producer. The wine was thought\u00a0to have been stolen by the Nazis\u00a0during World War II. If he finds the wine, he will write a book about the treasured wine\u00a0and hopefully profit from the sale of the wine. He hits the trail to try and find the wine, getting a cash loan supposedly from his wife. His search takes him to Paris, Burgundy, Alsace and beyond. He runs into Parker Thomas, who is probably patterned after\u00a0Robert Parker. Parker is on the\u00a0same search for the mystery cache of Burgundy wine. Can Bruno beat him\u00a0to the wine?. There are funny encounters along the way with women, bad guys and winemakers. A great scene near the end of the book is when he cooks for an inmate in a Russian prison who’s hoping to win back the love of his wife. The scene is memorable. I won’t give away the ending, but for wine enthusiasts, this is a delightful read.<\/p>\n

About “Vintage” author David Baker<\/h2>\n

This is the first novel by David Baker. He is a food writer and director of the documentary, “American Wine Story.” He lives in the Willamette Valley of Oregon with his wife and daughter. David has a spent time working in Burgundy and making some Pinot in Oregon. \u00a0DavidAlexanderBaker.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Vintage”\u00a0by David Baker can be purchased from this link to the Amazon book store.<\/p>\n