Canadian writer Natalie MacLean is a liquid media juggernaut whose just released Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest For The World’s Best Bargain Wines is a smart, fast-paced chronicle of her adventures looking for cheap vino and meeting industry celebs along the way. This excerpt was published in 12 Metro daily newspapers across the country. You can read more reviews of my new wine book Unquenchable here.
Books: Wine
An Enjoyable Romp Around the World of Wine – Opinionated Wine Guide
David Locicero Unquenchable Hits The Spot Natalie MacLean’s newest book, Unquenchable, is an enjoyable romp around the world of wine. I received a review copy of the book shortly after publication. In this volume, she travels the world looking for great economical wines to drink with dinner every night of the week, and for Sunday lunch. It’s a fun idea and allows her to explore wines from Australia, Germany and South Africa, among others. Natalie MacLean’s prose is effortless and easy to ready. The book was entertaining and I learned things without feeling like I was being lectured. She starts […]
Top Wines Menus and Pairing – The State
Unquenchable by Natalie MacLean is a personal, engaging trip around the world looking for bargains. It includes top values and some suggestions for menus and pairings. You can read more reviews of my new wine book Unquenchable here.
Unquenchable is the Hilarious and Informative result of…
When I heard Natalie MacLean had released a new book, she of the famous title Red, White and Drunk All Over, I knew I wanted to read it. Unquenchable is the hilarious and informative result of years of research proving that bargain wines don’t always have to leave you with a bargain taste. In the book, the author revives her gift of humorous storytelling (just wait until you meet Wolf Blass of Wolf Blass Winery in Australia, you won’t soon forget him) with her gift for picking a good wine. In Unquenchable, the book provides plenty of facts and history […]
Demystifying the relationship between wine price and quality – Sommelier Journal
Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines Demystifying the relationship between wine price and quality, MacLean travels the world in search of wine values, sharing tales of the eccentric personalities and scenic surroundings she discovers along the way. You can read more reviews of my new wine book Unquenchable here.
Wine Book Filled with Adventures and Wines that are Kind to our Wallets – Eat Love Savour Magazine
By Angela Tunner, Editor in Chief Dive into the World of Wine with Unquenchable Natalie MacLean has done it again! With her second book following the success of Red, White and Drunk All Over, the latest entitled Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines is a treasure-trove of worldly wines that are kind to our pocketbook and keep your taste buds tantalized. All this wine is wrapped up into a book filled with adventures. Plus, she’s got you covered online! Her outlook on wine is approachable, comprehensive, entertaining and she makes wine fun! As I flipped through […]
A Great Wine Book with History, Education and Some Great Laughs all Over – Hudson Valley Wine Goddess
Red, White, and Drunk All Over is written by one of my favorite wine people Natalie MacLean. I don’t have that much time to read these days, but did get a chance to read this book over the summer and good thing because Natalie just came out with another book Unquenchable which I can’t wait to crack open. “Red, White and Drunk All Over” takes you throughout the wine world in a girlfriend kind of way. Natalie takes you to famous renown places like Romanee-Conti, takes you to a day in the life of a liquor store owner, a sommelier […]
Easily Accessible Wine Education – Real Baking with Rose Levy Beranbaum
Unquenchable, Natalie MacLean By Rose Levy Beranbaum In her newest book, she has taken on the challenge most dear to all our hearts: how to get the best wine at an affordable price. Her book offers up easily accessible hardcore information and education eloquently presented. Natalie generously brings us into her fun-filled world of great discoveries and fascinating travels, in fact, this book doubles as a beautifully written novel. On another note, if my favorite white wine be Terry’s beloved Riesling, my favorite red is Natalie’s beloved Pinot. I would love to sit down to a glass of it with […]
Great Value Wines from Argentina, Chile, Niagara and Sicily – CityTV
Wine lovers, rejoice. You don’t have to pay a lot to get a great bottle these days, with regions around the world and right here at home producing consistently good wines at lower prices. Natalie MacLean had the enviable task of researching and writing about these wines in Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines, her follow-up to the award-winning Red, White and Drunk All Over. CityLine sat down with the affable MacLean in Toronto recently to talk wine, and where to find the good stuff. “My search in the book was for those wines in the […]
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 – […]