99 Bottles: A Black Sheep's Guide to Life-Changing Wines

by André Hueston Mack Narrated by André Hueston Mack

Overview

A highly opinionated wine guide from one of the country's most celebrated - and unorthodox - sommeliers and winemakers

In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator André Mack presents listeners with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of just pairing wines with foods, Mack pairs practical information with personal stories, offering up recommendations alongside reflections on being one of the only African-Americans to ever work at the top level of the American wine industry. The 99 bottles range from highly accessible commercial wines to the most rarefied Bordeaux on the wine list at The French Laundry, and each bottle offers listeners something to learn about wine. This window into Mack's life combines a maverick's perspective on the wine industry with an insider's advice on navigating wine lists, purchasing wine, and drinking more diverse and interesting selections at home. 99 Bottles is a one-of-a-kind exploration of wine culture today from a true trailblazer.

Editorial Reviews

JANUARY 2020 - AudioFile

André Hueston Mack narrates his quirky and highly informed audiobook with a quick pace, clear tone, and conversational style. He intimately shares his remarkable rise in the narrow world of the sommelier and the even tighter confines of the renowned restaurants The French Laundry (Napa Valley) and Per Se (New York City), where he worked. An African-American in the whitest of professions, he shares his personal story through the unique vantage of the wines, beers, even sparkling waters that have defined his career. An entrepreneur who makes wines in Oregon and has family and food businesses in Brooklyn, Mack is worth listening to. The fine interview with the author at the end offers the listener additional insights on how he makes wine and his appreciation for the wine-centric TV show “Frasier.” A.D.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2020 - AudioFile

André Hueston Mack narrates his quirky and highly informed audiobook with a quick pace, clear tone, and conversational style. He intimately shares his remarkable rise in the narrow world of the sommelier and the even tighter confines of the renowned restaurants The French Laundry (Napa Valley) and Per Se (New York City), where he worked. An African-American in the whitest of professions, he shares his personal story through the unique vantage of the wines, beers, even sparkling waters that have defined his career. An entrepreneur who makes wines in Oregon and has family and food businesses in Brooklyn, Mack is worth listening to. The fine interview with the author at the end offers the listener additional insights on how he makes wine and his appreciation for the wine-centric TV show “Frasier.” A.D.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172982347
Publisher:	Abrams
Publication date:	10/29/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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