Loved the review in Wine & Spirits. JG identified a lot of fine qualities that additionally compel me to want buy a copy soon!

Really looking forward to reading the book, but a blurb from Mireille Guiliano of Clicquot fame? Is that meant to be the wee-est bit ironic?

I also was taken aback at seeing Guiliano's blurb!! Is her book her claim to fame?

Thanks for the comments.

Getting blurbs is so difficult, I was turned down by a few wine people (you would be shocked who) who were afraid of Parker repercussions. Think of that one.

Mireille on the other hand, did me a great favor. Her book was a best seller and believe it or not, having her support has helped immensely in getting bookstores to take my book into inventory. And you know what? If I could get her readers to read my book? A whole lot of people I would have never reached might actually buy, reconsider their wine choices and that would be revolutionary. Also, when I was throwing up my hands at the LVMH bureaucracy, she helped me get access for interviews. And yes, certainly there is plenty of irony, plenty! So, I say, bless Mireille.

Your book is on my Amazon wish list. What if Pope Parker had passed? I wonder if those same people would still balk at a blurb.

Love the jacket, Alice. Love also the quote from McInerney, and your pic.

re: your comments on Mireille's blurb. I have no doubt that is was tough to get the blurbs, especially given you are taking on the big man himself. And anything that helps to get readers exposed to various viewpoints on wine is a good thing - and her name will help sell your book, so that's a good thing. And I give Miereille credit for a lot of things - she built that brand into something truely amazing - but she didn't just choose to leave when the quality went down - she was rather unceremoniously helped out the door. It's certainly possible that if she had been able to stay around, the quality would still be there, but it wasn't the other way around.