Summer in a Glass is Released Today. Congratulations to Evan Dawson.

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor

Unless you're living under a rock, you've no doubt heard that my friend and colleague Evan Dawson has written a book about Finger Lakes wines and the people behind them, Summer in a Glass.

Well, it's been a long time coming, but today is the official released day, and the entire NYCR staff would like to congratulate our brother in wine on the success he's already had and is sure to have with this book.

It is virtually impossible for any of us to write an unbiased review of the book, so there won't be one here on the site. But trust me when I tell you that it's a book worth buying and reading. It's a quick read -- mostly because you won't be able to put it down -- and even if you only have a passing interest in wine, you'll still enjoy it.

Here are some early reviews of the book:

Jeff Lefevere, The Good Grape: A Wine Blog Manifesto

The Finger Lakes Finds Their Voice - The darkly comedic, wine-soaked, buddies-on-the-road fiction book has already been written.  If another similarly resonating wine book were to find market success it might be non-fiction, combine elements of self-discovery that occur in “Coming of age” stories, and provide a rooting interest for the underdog.

And now, that book has been written, too.

(Read the full review)

Keith Levenberg, author of Cellar-Book online

There are several different ways one can approach writing about a wine region… Dawson’s method is by far the most engaging to read. What makes these winemakers spring from the page in novelistic fashion is the way Dawson dramatizes what pushes them at a basic, human level.

(Read the full review)

Jack Porcello, Joining Hands Ministries – Rochester Spiritual Humanists

Most books about wine that I have read have been just that – books about wine.  The authors attempt (and sometimes succeed in) the arduous task of conveying in print the description of offerings from a region, winery, or vintage.  Often these works are filled with techno-babble and describe the tastes and smells of wines in terms that try to be objective, but are truly driven by the writer’s nose and tongue.

Most books about wine are books about wine.  Summer in a Glass is that, but so much more.

(Read the full review)

 

Jeff Lefevere, The Good Grape: A Wine Blog Manifesto

The Finger Lakes Finds Their Voice - The darkly comedic, wine-soaked, buddies-on-the-road fiction book has already been written.  If another similarly resonating wine book were to find market success it might be non-fiction, combine elements of self-discovery that occur in “Coming of age” stories, and provide a rooting interest for the underdog.

And now, that book has been written, too.

(Read the full review here)

Keith Levenberg, author of Cellar-Book online

There are several different ways one can approach writing about a wine region… Dawson’s method is by far the most engaging to read. What makes these winemakers spring from the page in novelistic fashion is the way Dawson dramatizes what pushes them at a basic, human level.

(Read the full review here)

Jack Porcello, Joining Hands Ministries – Rochester Spiritual Humanists

Most books about wine that I have read have been just that – books about wine.  The authors attempt (and sometimes succeed in) the arduous task of conveying in print the description of offerings from a region, winery, or vintage.  Often these works are filled with techno-babble and describe the tastes and smells of wines in terms that try to be objective, but are truly driven by the writer’s nose and tongue.

Most books about wine are books about wine.  Summer in a Glass is that, but so much more.

(Read the full review here)

Comments

[Peter Bell / Fox Run]

There's a huge amount of buzz around this book. A straw poll among winemakers this morning indicated that everyone turned first to the Tricia chapter.

[Lenn Thompson]

And with very good reason...it's a great chapter and Tricia is an amazing person.

If you ask me, her smile should have been on the cover.

[Peter Bell / Fox Run]

But then the book would have had to be 12" wide...