A strong contender for wine book of the year.
Henry Jefffreys The Guardian (12/03/2016) The wine book of the year.
Dennis Schaefer Santa Barbara News-Press (12/15/2016) Comiskey has a skeptical reporter's mind, a poet's way with turns of phrase, an editor's sense of conservation of words, and a keen (and deep) understanding of - and respect ... Read morefor - wine as a subject matter, all of which come to bear in American Rhone.
Joe Roberts 1 Wine Dude (08/31/2016) Thoughtfully conceived and very well written, this is essential somm reading.
The Somm Journal (08/01/2016) This book is superb.
California Grapevine (11/01/2016) Delves into the American Rhone movement's wine-soaked origins in this vivid, in-depth account.
The Mercury News (11/30/2016) This is the most important wine book of the year, perhaps in many years.
The Seattle Times (12/02/2016) The definitive work on the Rhone movement.
Wine Review Online (12/03/2016) Crisply written, impeccably researched, balanced if fundamentally enthusiastic, scholarly but accessible, and full of unexpected details and characters.
The World of Fine Wine (12/01/2016) Comiskey really knows his stuff
deep research is apparent here
and he writes with a fluid style, so learning about American Rh ne is a real pleasure. . . . A terrific book, well-written and informative. It deserves a place on your wine bookshelf.
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