After we stopping debating which wine pairs best with a rare shark steak (and the ethics of using a wine writer as bait), we jumped into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South Africa. No, I didn’t stay on the boat, but avoiding getting eaten, taking pictures and thinking about wine pairings was too much to do all at the same time. Yes, I’m the one looking like a drowned rat. And yes, I’m insane. The experience though is one I’ll never forget… the black marble eye of one of those 20-foot sharks side-on, each of us wondering who’d […]
Book: Unquenchable
An Unquenchable Search for the Best Cheap Wines – Houston Press
To research her new book Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines, Natalie MacLean traveled to wineries in eight countries including Australia and Italy over a five-year period. Each chapter in Unquenchable pairs a wine with a day of the week and a meal. While the book explains how the wines are produced and describes how they taste, MacLean goes a step further, finding fascination in “what goes on around the glass.” The culture of the region’s wine making and its characters round out each wine’s story. Funnily enough, the animals she encountered in her travels […]
A worldwide adventure to wineries and vineyards in the search for the best value bottles – Metro News
The Metro Top 7 List Best inexpensive vinos: A new book with the great title Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines was released this week by renowned Canadian writer Natalie MacLean. It’s based on her worldwide adventure to wineries and vineyards in the search for the best value bottles. I’ll be reading it over my bottle of 1811 Château d’Yquem. I wish. You can read more reviews of my new wine book Unquenchable here.
Like a knight of the Middle Ages, Natalie travels the globe in search of affordable wines – Boomer Magazine
A new book from Natalie MacLean is always an event. She is a recognized Canadian sommelier who has won many awards for her writing on the world of wine. Her latest book is out, a quest for the best wines affordable. Like a knight of the Middle Ages, she travels the globe in search of affordable wines. At one country of call, she met Wolf Blass in Australia and Nicolas Catena in Argentina. She shares with us the best wines she found in each country, and a tips and reference notes at the end of each chapter. In Provence, she […]
Wine Book to Learn about Wine is Entertaining – Indian Wine Academy
Unquenchable by the awarded writer and Canadian author Natalie MacLean is her second book on wine, that lucidly chronicles her adventures in search of great wine bargains as she travels through 8 different countries and regions, taking her readers for a trip, meeting several quality producers that ought to fire the flame in them to learn more about fine wines instead, writes Subhash Arora reviewing the book. ‘The best wine is the one someone else pays for” goes the cliché but it is a lifestyle statement for Natalie MacLean, the Canadian prolific writer, TV expert and author of Unquenchable – […]
A Cheap Wine Won’t Fool even the most Inexperienced Palate – The Weal
There’s something classy about seeing someone with a long stem held gracefully between their fingers, bold flavours and aromas filling their glass. As long as that dainty sip isn’t followed by a round of shooters. Once consumed only by royals and those of the church, wine has never lost its association to the aura of higher class. For many students the sophisticated libation can offer a hit to fading bank accounts at semester’s end. The Weal spoke to the experts to find the best wines at an affordable price. Self-proclaimed “wine cheapskate” and author of Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for […]
Unquenchable has laugh-out-loud funny sections, unheard of for a wine book – Halifax Magazine
Love, love this review from Halifax Magazine wine critic Danny Hewitt! I’m so glad that at least one person gets my humour! Library of the grape By Danny Hewitt October 2011 I’ve been passionate about books since I was a child, so it makes sense that I love books about wines. I’ve read everything from an Australian wine comic book to several wine encyclopedias. As with most other large-scale topics, the number of printed books available on the topic of wine is huge. The most enjoyable wine books are often ones that tell a story about a winery, or the […]
Sneak Taste of Unquenchable in the new issue of More Magazine
So excited today to see an advance excerpt from Unquenchable in the October issue of More Magazine. Great to connect with more thirsty readers!
First Media Review of Unquenchable from The Library Journal of America
Along with Publisher’s Weekly and The Kirkus Reviews, The Library Journal is one of the top three publications that give early reviews to upcoming books. The magazines guide purchasing decisions for the book trade: bookstores, gift shops and libraries. So I was thrilled when the Journal published the first review of Unquenchable below today, especially the Highly Recommended verdict. (Librarians are a tough lot to please … remember your high school librarian or English teacher?) Here’s the review: MacLean, Natalie. Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines. Perigee: Berkley. Nov. 2011. c.368p. index. ISBN 9780399537073. $24. BEVERAGES […]
Wine and Wine Books: A pairing of the senses and intellect
If you have an unquenchable thirst to learn, and an unquenchable thirst as I do, you might enjoy this wine book. I am incredibly grateful to my readers who have made the book #1 on Amazon 6 weeks before it’s even published! Doubleday Canada • Indigo/Chapters • Amazon.ca Penguin USA • Amazon.com • Barnes & Noble Traffic to the web site has been crazy since the announcement… I love connecting with so many passionate readers and drinkers. I’ll share insider details about the book over the next six weeks as we wait for its official launch. There are some […]
