Wine Av Meg (Freelance Journalist Freelance Journalist Usa) Bernhard

<p>Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.<br><br>While wine drunk millennia ago was the humble beverage of the people, today the drink is inextricable with power, sophistication, and often wealth. Bottles sell for half a million dollars. Point systems tell us which wines are considered the best. Wine professionals give us the language to describe what we taste.<br><br>Agricultural product and cultural commodity, drink of ritual and drink of addiction, purveyor of pleasure, pain, and memory - wine has never been contained in a single glass. Drawing from science, religion, literature, and memoir, <i>Wine </i>meditates on the power structures bound up with making and drinking this ancient, intoxicating beverage.<br><br>Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in <i>The Atlantic.</i></p>