Wine, The Emperor, Elin!
Elin
McCoy of upstate New York, the author of the book that Jay McInerney
calls "the book that grape nuts have been waiting for," will
read from The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr.,
and the Reign of American Taste (Ecco) at The Hudson Valley Writers'
Center on Sunday, October 23, at 4:30 pm.
Afterwards,
attendees can sip Bordeaux donated by Marcel Ducasse of Chateau
Lagrange and Emmanuel Cruse of Chateau D'Issan and enjoy comments
by Writers' Center supporter Mark Golodetz of Briarcliff Manor,
who has been a contributing editor at Wine Enthusiast magazine.
McCoy met Parker in 1981 when she was his first magazine editor, and she has followed his extraordinary rise ever since. In telling Parker's story, she gives readers an unmatched, authoritative insider's view of the eccentric personalities, bitter feuds, controversies, passions, payoffs, and secrets of the wine world, explaining how wine reputations are made, how and why wine critics agree and disagree, and tracking the startling ways wines are judged, promoted, made, and sold today.
The Emperor of Wine tackles the myriad questions that swirl about Parker and reveals how he became both worshipped and despised, revered as an infallible palate by some and blamed by others for remaking the world's wine industry into a single global market, causing prices to skyrocket, and single-handedly reshaping the taste of wine to his own preference.
In sum, she shows how one man has revolutionized the way the world thinks about wine - for better or worse - and critics have praised her for being thorough and fair.
This is a fundraising event for the Writers' Center.
Admission:
$35
Reservations: 914-332-5953
The readings at the HVWC are made possible in part by a grant from the Bydale Foundation; the David G. Taft Foundation; the Orchard Foundation; and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and by Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government, corporations and individuals.