Awards
- Winner of World of Wine Best of the Best - Book of the Year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2023 (UK)
Overview
The story of 12 friends who gathered to share and celebrate the extraordinary wines of Bordeaux. Like-minded in their love of wine, they differed wildly (often alarmingly!) in their personal wealth, life and circumstances their opinions, always voiced, had the power to ignite anger and divide friendships just as easily as they bound them together. Neil McKendrick, member and minute-taker for 57 of the Club's 70 extraordinary years, weaves the tale of this convivial group with the rigour of a Cambridge academic (he is ex-Master of Gonville and Caius) and the humour of a born raconteur. Alongside the likes of Hugh Johnson, Steven Spurrier and Michael Broadbent, he celebrates the beauty of top-class Bordeaux and the splendour of each setting from glorious country park to rickety Dickensian boardroom in which these men were lucky enough to dine, serving up memories of vintages the like of which we will never see again. AUTHOR: Neil McKendrick was the 40th Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is now a life fellow of the college. McKendrick was educated at Alderman Newton's School, Leicester, and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he won an Entrance Scholarship. He is an Emeritus Reader in History having taught Modern English Social and Economic History as well as Business, Literature and Society, 16901990. He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. During his time at the college he was successively Lecturer in History, Director of Studies in History, Graduate Tutor and Master. He was also the Secretary for The Bordeaux Club for most of his membership of the club. SELLING POINTS: . A wine fairy tale - you have a seat at the table of some legendary meals with some of the greatest Bordeaux vintages ever tasted . For all lovers of fine wine . Forewords by Hugh Johnson and Andrew Roberts, giving both the context of the wines and of the social history captured by the club . A wine book classic 38 colour, 32 b/w illustrations
Full Product Details
Author: Neil McKendrick
Publisher: ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED
Imprint: ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED
Weight: 1.035kg
ISBN: 9781913141349
ISBN 10: 1913141349
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 28 November 2022
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From a historical point of point, the book is fascinating... From a literary point of view, it's eloquent ... If you're a bordeaux wine collector with deep pockets and a large cellar, it's invaluable. - Tamlyn Currin, Jancis Robinson
Author Information
Neil McKendrick was the 40th Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is now a life fellow of the college. McKendrick was educated at Alderman Newton's School, Leicester, and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he won an Entrance Scholarship. He is an Emeritus Reader in History having taught Modern English Social and Economic History as well as Business, Literature and Society, 1690–1990. He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. During his time at the college he was successively Lecturer in History, Director of Studies in History, Graduate Tutor and Master. He was also the Secretary for The Bordeaux Club for most of his membership of the club.
