New Wine, Beer & Spirits Books

Looking for a good read? We review the latest publications in the world of wine, Champagne, beer, spirits and other adult libations. We make it easy for you to buy these books as gifts, or for yourself.

Eliq Maranik's new book features classic cocktails with exotic twists

SUMMER LIBATIONS
Cocktails: Fancy & Delicious Recipes for all Tastes
From a girly Pink Summer to a manly Hemingway Special, the recipes in Eliq Maranik's new book will shake up your cocktail routine just in time for summer.

Celebrity Vineyards by Nick Wise is an informative and entertaining guide to famous people who make wine

VIPS AND VINES
Celebrity Vineyards
If you're wondering what wines made by actors, musicians, race car drivers and porn stars tastes like, then this engaging and lavishly illustrated book by Nick Wise is for you.

Cover image from Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age by Randall Heskett & Joel Butler

WHAT WOULD JESUS DRINK?
Divine Vintage
This eclectic and wide-ranging book by a biblical scholar and a wine educator opens a window onto the obscure, yet fascinating subject of eastern Mediterranean wine.

More Book Reviews

• 101 Champagne Cocktails
• 101 Sangrias & Pitcher Drinks
• 4000 Champagnes
• The Accidental Connoisseur
• The Advanced Oenophile
• Adventures in Wine
• Adventurous Wine Architecture
• A Man's Place is Behind the Bar
• Ambitious Brew
• American Still Life
• Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone
• Anthony Dias Blue's Pocket Guide to Wine 2006
• Anything But Chardonnay
• Australian Wine Vintages
• Back Lane Wineries of Sonoma
• Bartending for Dummies
• Bordeaux Chateaux
• California's Central Coast: The Ultimate Winery Guide
• Celebrity Vineyards
• Château Margaux
• Cheese & Wine
• Complete Book of Mixed Drinks
• Complete Book of Spirits
• The Concise World Atlas of Wine
• Continued Surveillance: Mostly True Stories of the Wine Business
• The Craft of the Cocktail
• The Decanter: An Illustrated History
• Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age
• Drunk: The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary
• Edible Cocktails
• The Emperor of Wine
• The Food Lover's Guide to Wine
• Great Tastes Made Simple
• Good, Better, Best Wines
• Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending Guide to Great American Writers
• Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2010

• I'll Drink to That: Beaujolais and the French Peasant Who Made It the World’s Most Popular Wine
• Intoxicated Cupcakes: 41 Tipsy Treats
• The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book
• Little Book of Cognac
• Mr. Boston Summer Cocktails
• The Northwest Wine Guide
• Overstreet's New Wine Guide
• Oxford Companion to Beer
• Oxford Companion to Wine
• Oz Clarke's Wine Guide
• Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide
• Penin Guide to Spanish Wines 2008
• Pink Panther Cocktail Party
• Red, White, and Drunk All Over
• Rosé: A Guide to the World's Most Versatile Wine
• Secrets from The Wine Diva
• Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals
• Small Plates, Perfect Wines
• Speakeasy
• Uncorking the Past
• Unquenchable
• Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers
• Windows on the World Complete Wine Course
• Wine Across America
• The Wine Bible
• Wine Cocktails
• Wine Country Cooking
• Wine Country Europe
• Wine Country USA
• Wine Fundamentals DVD
• Wine Guide 2006
• Wine Journal
• Wine Myths and Reality
• Wine Secrets
• Wine Tastes Wine Styles
• Wine Tours in the South of France
• The Wine Year
• Wineocology
• The Wines of Baja California

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