Thirsty 100 Great Wines and Stories by the Wine Guy

<b>'My favourite wine w*nker' </b>Jack Whitehall<br><b>'Finally, a wine book that's as moreish as my Malbec' </b>Alan Carr<br><b>'An enormously entertaining read' </b><i>Spectator</i><br><b>'A full-bodied book that’s really got legs'</b> <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br><b>‘I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about things they love – it’s not about showing off how many fancy wine terms I know. The point is to share something I love with someone else in a way that makes them want to love it too.’</b><br><br><i>Thirsty </i>is the story of Tom Gilbey (The Wine Guy) and his life in wine, a celebration of the bleedin’ beautiful people who make it, and a history of his family’s love affair with winemaking – and let’s be honest, drinking – since the 1800s.<br><br><u>Learn how to:</u><br>- <b>read a label (even if you can’t speak the language)</b><br>- <b>talk wine without sounding naff</b><br>- <b>choose wine in a restaurant</b><br>- <b>explain why some wine smells like your granny’s cardigan</b><br><br>Along the way you’ll discover <b>100 Wine W*nker approved</b> <b>bottles</b>: wines for friendships and long lunches, for autumn afternoons and winter evenings. Whether yours is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Kylie Minogue’s rosé or – God forbid – orange wine, Tom will help you find the good stuff, always.<br><br>Let Tom show you how this gloriously gluggable elixir is, at its heart, made to bring pleasure, and that there is no right or wrong to enjoy wine: just go for it.<br><br><b>‘Entertaining and engaging’ Helen McGinn of @knackeredmother </b>