Overview

With his sixtieth birthday looming, Colin Renton decides that it's time to escape office life and focus on achieving some of his unfulfilled goals. He embarks on a year-long adventure that takes him from the busy streets of Edinburgh to the traffic-free roads, sodden fields and dusty paths of Europe's winemaking regions. He laces up his running shoes and joins thousands of fellow athletes in races that test him over various distances, degrees of difficulty and levels of seriousness. His schedule, which culminates with a marathon debut, takes him to places he would otherwise not have visited. On his travels, he seeks out local wines that deserve a place in a carefully chosen twelve-bottle case, a process that throws up some fascinating insights and introduces him to a vintage crop of engaging characters. The crossover between running and wine uncorks a tale of endurance, curiosity and discovery, told in an accessible style and served up with a splash of local colour and a drop of wry humour.

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'As midlife crises go, enthusiastic oenophile and runner Colin Renton's is one of the quirkiest and most enjoyable imaginable . . .  unexpected and endearing, this is a travelogue with a difference, but it's all the better for that' -- Richard Bath * Scottish Field * 'Quirky, original, and pleasantly intoxicating' -- Hugh MacDonald 'A vintage performance. Like running and wine? Follow in the footsteps of Colin Renton and become a wine runner' * The Scotsman * 'Imagine the amazing antioxidant benefits of combining your love for running with your love for drinking wine' * Ultrarunner Magazine * 'An original, witty and thoroughly engaging tale' * The New European *

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In a writing career spanning more than three decades, Colin Renton has covered subjects including sport, food and drink, travel and investment. Just before his sixtieth birthday, he gave up office work to focus on achieving some of the items on his to-do list. This book is the result of that decision.

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