A professional booze writer whose life spins out of control tries
to piece it back together by embarking upon an epic wine-fueled
adventure that takes him to every corner of the U.S. Part vision
quest, part guidebook, part journey into the bizarre tapestry of
American life, it will make you laugh, make you cry and teach you a
whole lot about wine. Former Playboy magazine nightlife columnist
Dan Dunn has a made a career out of drinking. Yet this man's man-a
connoisseur of beer and whiskey-knew next to nothing about one of
the major drinks enjoyed the world over: wine. When a fateful
tasting experience coincided with a serious existential crisis,
Dunn decided to hit the road on a journey of discovery. To quench
his thirst for knowledge (and be able to throw down with the
experts), he would educate himself about the industry glass by
glass, from winery to winery, in nearly every region in the United
States. His bold 15,000-mile road trip took Dunn from Sonoma,
California, to Pawley's Island, South Carolina, where he twirled,
sniffed, and sipped glass after glass of a vast array of wines with
vintners, savants, and celebrities, including Kurt Russell and "The
Most Interesting Man in the World," Jonathan Goldsmith. Dunn's
mission was to transform himself from a heartbroken schlub who
barely knew the difference between Merlot and Meritage, into a
confident connoisseur capable of wowing others simply by swirling
some fermented grape juice around in his mouth and pronouncing it
"troubling, yet brilliant." In American Wino, Dunn shares it
all-the good, the bad, the sublime. As his wine knowledge grows and
becomes more complex, he shares it with the reader in the form of
digestible, actionable nuggets in each chapter. It's like a
wine-tasting course at your local community college extension
program, only with more sex and less crushing despair. An
intoxicating blend of travel writing, memoir, and booze journalism
that pairs earthy humor with fine wine for hilarious and
enlightening results, it is the story of one man's journey to find
himself-and everyman's journey to better understand the true spirit
of this divine elixir.
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