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Oz Wine Fiction - Is there Any?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:30 am
by KMP
I've just finished reading
Sideways: A Novel which is the basis for the
movie of the same name that I mentioned in a previous post. As usual book and movie are sufficiently different to make both worth searching out. The narrator of the novel, Miles, is a pinot fanatic and the weeklong vinous rampage with friend Jack through Santa Ynez, California, wine country makes mention of numerous pinots. Its not great literature, but it is that rare book - wine fiction. If you have any interest in wine you will no doubt share a smile over many of the moments of wine passion, even if many of the wines are unknowns in Oz.
After reading Sideways I got to thinking if there is any Oz wine fiction. Anyone have any recommendations?
Mike
Re: Oz Wine Fiction - Is there Any?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:51 am
by TORB
KMP wrote:After reading Sideways I got to thinking if there is any Oz wine fiction.
Mike
Mike,
There is heaps of Oz wine fiction out there, most of it on US wine discussion forums.
Re: Oz Wine Fiction - Is there Any?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:09 am
by KMP
TORB wrote:KMP wrote:After reading Sideways I got to thinking if there is any Oz wine fiction.
Mike
Mike,
There is heaps of Oz wine fiction out there, most of it on US wine discussion forums.
Ric, don't I know it! That's why I reckon there must be a few books written on the subject.
Mike
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:06 pm
by Kieran
Gold stickers on sub-$10 whites?
Kieran
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:40 pm
by Geoffrey
Mike
Good read with a wine theme running though it is Vintners Luck by Elizabeth Knox. She is a kiwi author and has based the story in the vineyards of France. Its a excellent read and not light by any means. In New Zealand it won the Deutz Medal for Fiction and the Montana Book Award. Printed by Victoria University of Wellington and more info can be gained from
www.vuw.ac.nz/vup/
Cheers
Geoffrey
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:50 pm
by Paul T
Kieran wrote:Gold stickers on sub-$10 whites?
Kieran
or the Jimmy Watson trophy!!!!!!
Cheers
Paul
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:58 pm
by JamieBahrain
When I was a kid I recall a book called "Barossa". I'm sure it was about German spies etc. Not sure of the wine content!
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:01 pm
by bacchaebabe
Considering Deutz and Montana seem to sponsor book awards in NZ, I'm surprised there aren't more books about wine, especially from NZ!
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:00 am
by Attila
There is one (not so) fiction book in my head titled "Club nights 1992-2002" as I kept diaries of 10 years of meeting characters, collectors, belly dancers, fanatics, idiots, snobs, millioners, winemakers at our club dinners which always give me great pleasure to read. My God, we've drunk some great (and quite terrible) wines with these amazing people over the years!
I decided that one day I'll write the book and publish it in Sydney. It is truly fun reading, but only for me for now.
Cheers,
Attila