Wine People - Paperback

by Michelle Wildgen (Author)

A Time Magazine "25 New Books You Need to Read This Summer"

"A riveting, behind-the-scenes portrait of a high-drama industry, from the chateau to the corner office...pour a glass and dive in."-Oprah Daily

An intoxicating escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the complicated terrain of women's friendship.

Wren and Thessaly collide when they land coveted jobs at a glamorous New York City boutique wine importer. Hardworking, by-the-book Wren comes from a modest background and has everything to prove, while Thessaly hails from a family of prestigious California growers-but she is plagued by self-doubt. Thrown together at work, where they're expected to have exquisite palates, endless tolerance for alcohol and socializing, and the ability to sell, sell, sell, they regard each other with suspicion.

It's only on an important European business trip-with everything on the line for both of them-that they unexpectedly forge an alliance that will change the course of their careers and personal lives.

With mouth-watering descriptions of food and wine, Wine People takes readers from France, Germany, and Italy to the Midwest and California wine country, in an utterly entertaining page-turner.

Author Biography

Michelle Wildgen is the author of the novels You're Not You, But Not For Long, and Bread and Butter. She edited the anthology Food and Booze, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, O, the Oprah Magazine, and Best American Food Writing. Formerly executive editor of Tin House, Wildgen is cofounder of the Madison Writers' Studio.