Adventures on the wine route Book

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.