Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France

Kermit Lynch

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sep 1, 1990 - Cooking - 288 pages

Kermit Lynch's recounting of his experiences on the wine route and in the wine cellars of France takes the reader through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, Northern and Southern Rhone, and the Cote d'Or.

About the author

Kermit Lynch was born and raised in California. In 1972, he opened a retail wineshop and later began importing and distributing nationally. In 1988, he published Adventures on the Wine Route, which won the Veuve Clicquot Wine Book of the Year Award. His second book, Inspiring Thirst, was published in 2004. Lynch divides his time between Berkeley and Provence, where he lives with his wife, the photographer Gail Skoff, and their two children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France
• Author: Kermit Lynch
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990
• ISBN: 0374522669, 9780374522667
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine; Travel / Europe / France; Travel / Special Interest / Culinary