Reading Between the Wines
Terry Theise
University of California
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Theise's style and mood is very evident from the beginning. In the opening lines he says, 'I owe my life in wine to two people: Hugh Johnson and Rod Stewart'. The Stewart anecdote comes from a New York concert when the former Faces front man offers the audience in the front row, including Theise, a swig from his bottle of Mateus Rosé. Theise's debt to Johnson concerns the author's encounter with Johnson's World Atlas of Wine and Spirits...
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