I really wanted to like this book because it's about wine, but I couldn't do it. I didn't even finish it. I didn't even get half way. 80 pages in and I couldn't take anymore. Do you know what it's like to read a book where every 5th sentence is a comparison? It's unbearable. There was a moment when she compared a process done by some vineyards that makes the wine taste uneven and how this was like liposuction and how your skin can never be as even as it had been if you'd never gotten fat. Really, really?? Sure, when she gets it right, it's spot on, but when it's simile upon simile upon simile, maybe a metaphor to mix it up a bit, it's hard for the good ones to register. Her writing style is really best suited for short pieces; anything longer than your average magazine article and you will just get annoyed. Trust me. But I bet her free newsletter is marvellous.