Robert Camuto is a wickedly charming citizen of New YorkandFrance, but for his latest venture into the wilds of oephilia, Camuto introduces us to the vinyards of Sicily. It's a detailed tour of the wine culture of the region, as well as the best vintages. To accompany the discussion we will, naturally, be hosting a tasting of Sicilian wines provided by the excellent Chamber Street Wines. This is a rare free guided wine tasting by an expert on the region.
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News of Note
Seven Tenths
Written by Dustin
Monday, 14 September 2009
by James Hamilton-Paterson (Europa, $16.00)
This book is magnificent--one of the most sustained arguments for the vitality of literary non-fiction I ever hope to read. Hamilton-Paterson's topic here is not really the sea. For all his discussion of bathyspheres and ecology and watery graves, it's really the 'threshold' he circumscribes: humanity and our varied lusts for, fears of, the waters from which we rose.
This book is magnificent--one of the most sustained arguments for the vitality of literary non-fiction I ever hope to read. Hamilton-Paterson's topic here is not really the sea. For all his discussion of bathyspheres and ecology and watery graves, it's really the 'threshold' he circumscribes: humanity and our varied lusts for, fears of, the waters from which we rose.