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Title

• The Grail

Author

• Brian Doyle

Publisher

• Oregon State University Press

The Grail

Overview

From the publisher

From the red clay hills of Dundee, Oregon, come increasingly world-renowned pinot noir wines. After being startled and delighted by one winery’s elixir, and the shaggy humor of the father and son who made it, Brian Doyle set out to spend a year in one Willamette Valley vineyard, chronicling the creative and chaotic labor as the winemakers chase after the perfect pinot noir.

Doyle serves as a cheerful tour guide through the world of wine, alert to the colorful and riveting stories that swirl around its creation and consumption. In The Grail, he collects and shares dozens of these stories — about the natural history of the vineyard, the fussiness of the pinot vine, the boom in pinot noir around the world, the surprising buying habits of tasting-room visitors, and the subtle craft of winemakers.

The Grail is a spirited and entertaining chase for a truly special wine.

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The Grail