Announcing WBC3: To Cork or Not to Cork

I don't have a lot of time for reading these days. Between a busy day job, a burgeoning freelance career and the exhaustion that chasing a 16-month old around causes, reading has fallen down the priority list lately. I still have the best intentions. I try to go to bed a little early so I can read for an hour or so before actually going to sleep.

Of course that just leads to me waking up a couple hours later with the book on my chest and the lights still on.

This might seem like a weird way to announce that I'm hosting the third edition of Wine Book Club, but I'm hoping that WBC will serve as added motivation to get back to reading more.

The book I've chosen for WBC is George Taber's To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle.

The whole cork/Stelvin/Zork topic is one that I've found myself getting more and more interested in, so this is a good choice for me personally, and one that I hope you guys are interested in too.

So, join us on June 24 and post your review of To Cork or Not To Cork. And hey, if you don’t have a blog, you can sign up at our new Wine Book Club blog and post there.

Thanks to Dr. Debs for the original idea for WBC for allowing me to host. I'm looking forward to it.

Comments

[Bradley]

An entire book about beverage closures! Right away I'm gonna say the writer has to be some sort of magician to make this interesting. We shall see. Usually my eyes glaze over and I lose my balance after the sales guys start to pontificate about the integrity of their product. I generally have about 5 minutes more stamina when the product is represented by attractive young women. Otherwise . . .
I will endeavour to obtain this tome and digest it.

[VinquireThea]

And my wine library grows and grows and grows!

I saw this at B&N yesterday and nearly bought it, but the buy local girl in me resisted. Now I guess I'll have to make a trip to the Indie bookstore heaven! (Twist my arm why don't cha). Looking forward to a good read.

[Dr. Debs]

I'm looking forward to reading this one, Lenn! Thanks for the great choice.

[Leigh]

I'm also looking forward to this read, and my first WBC. Thanks to Dr. Debs (or blame to her, as the case may be) I put up a blog just to get in on this and WBW. ;->

[George Taber]

Thanks for reading the book. I got thinking that if you wished, maybe I could call into your discussion and answer some questions about my book. Don't want to get in the way but willing to help if you wish.

[1WineDude]

Aaaaaaand yet *another* book I've not already read.

Lenn, I would have expected more empathy from someone who has a young one around. Now I'm gonna need to read another WBC book between diaper changes.

Curse you WBC hosters!!!

;-)

[Craig Camp]

I thought this was an excellent book and blogged about it several weeks ago - http://winecamp.squarespace.com/journal/2008/5/10/put-a-cork-in-it.html

Can I still play?