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Kermit Lynch’s recounting of his experiences on the wine route and in the wine cellars of France takes the reader through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, Northern and Southern Rhone, and the Cote d’Or and is "a riveting account of one man’s pursuit of authenticity as well as excellence in wine . .
``Wine is, above all, pleasure. Those who would make it ponderous make it dull,'' declares wine importer Lynch in this robustly irreverent account of his quest through France in search of wine. Lynch's winefoolery is serious; drollery never compromises his knowledge of his subject or his high standards. Even when mocking the misdeeds of viniculturalists, he remains an arbiter who merely wishes ``wine could be a constitutionally protected form of expression.'' Hating wine hype, Lynch criticizes modern agricultural and manufacturing methods with equal fervor. He laughs at trends in wine consumption, and singles out modern greed as a corrupter. Effortlessly eloquent, Lynch is a master of the brief barb: ``Loving Chablis is like falling in love with a frigid floozy.'' The author prefers a wine that offers ``a subtle seduction; it keeps you coming back for more.'' So too with this unusual guide: it makes you thirst for a sequel. Photos not seen by PW. (Oct.)
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John Smith
reviewed Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France on October 14, 2008
Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
This a book for those who love wine and like to read about it from someone who is a master with prose, and also someone who, like me, confuses my limited knowledge of French language, geography, and wine growing regions. Written in the late-1980s, Kermit Lynch does not delve into pretentious, uppity musings on elite wines, but focuses on the purity of how a sense of place and its people translates into its wine. (There's a fabulous passage about how the male winemaker's wine often reflects the temperament and demeanor of his wife.) Even twenty years ago, he bemoans how winemakers feel obligated to respond to the fads of the wine market rather than staying true to what works for their land, vines, and all that is naturally available to them. Each chapter of the book features a different growing region in France, and Lynch does well to help convey the weather, terrain, cultural differences, and people in every place. A great read for those who like to read about wine and wouldn't mind a little French socio-geography lesson in the meantime.
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