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A Carafe of Red

By: Gerald Asher
Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
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Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past 30 years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those who simply enjoy vivid evocations of people and places. Asher puts wine in its context by taking the reader on a series of discursive journeys that start with the carafe at his elbow.

In his introduction, Asher says, "Wine . . . draws on everything and leads everywhere." Whether the subject is a supposedly simple red wine shared in a Parisian caf or a Napa Valley Cabernet tasted with its vintner, every essay in A Carafe of Red

is as pleasurable as the wines themselves.

©2012 Gerald Asher (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Food & Wine Gastronomy Travel Writing & Commentary Wine & Beverages
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The book is an assemblage of articles first published in the Gourmet magazine, written mostly in 90s. Some of the contents is outdated, but the author provided relevant updates at the end of each article. Gerald Asher is knowledgeable and passionate about vines and wines, so the book makes for an enjoyable read. Unfortunately it is a less enjoyable listen, because the narrator took it upon himself to provide French, Italian, German and other wine makers with mock up accents. It is not a fictional book. What is the added value of a quote from a French guy being delivered with a heavy accent? Imagine listening to a book about physics where a quote from Albert Einstein is provided with a heavy German accent, and you have to put in a special effort to understand what he's saying. It's the same here, only with quoting French, Italian, German and Spanish winemakers.

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