One Thousand Vines: A New Way to Understand Wine

The much-anticipated first book by one of the most highly regarded women in the world of wine, the French-born, US-based star sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier

"A masterpiece that offers a deep dive into the world of wine. It's a testament to its author's passion, expertise and commitment to sustainable practices." Robert Parker Wine Advocate

"Entwining culture, philosophy, history, and science, Pascaline Lepeltier's One Thousand Vines is nothing short of an astonishing work of genius. This is an essential resource for understanding wine in all its marvellous complexity." Alice Feiring

"One Thousand Vines is a crucial resource for understanding wine on both a global and local scale, and an essential read for anyone who loves wine." Jon Bonn?

"Pascaline's work is essential for anyone who wants to fully understand wine. Additionally, you will find a multitude of conceptual maps and illustrations that make the reading even more delightful." Ferran Centelles

"One Thousand Vines is a rare feat: an original book about wine. Pascaline Lepeltier's work of passionate scholarship sweeps us through the disciplines which form wine's hinterland in order to illuminate her informing vision of wine: fresh, exciting, dense, grand." Andrew Jefford

Winner of an OIV Award 2024

In One Thousand Vines internationally celebrated sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier answers all the important questions about wine. With three main parts - Reading Vines, Reading Landscapes and Reading Wines - the book challenges preconceived ideas about the vine and its wine. It explains where we are now, how we got here, and shows us a way forward - in how grapes will be grown, made into wine, sold and enjoyed.

One Thousand Vines isn't an encyclopedia or atlas but it answers all the important questions about wine and offers the reader keys to understand the links between the bottle and the producers, terroirs and vineyards which give birth to it. With a refreshingly unique approach, star sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier offers those curious about wine not only the answers but also the tools to understand it by oneself.

Author: Pascaline Lepeltier
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Published: 11/26/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size: 10.75h x 9.25w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9781784729233

About the Author
Pascaline Lepeltier is probably the most decorated female sommelier on the planet. She grew up in the Loire Valley, and left an academic career in philosophy to enter the world of wine at a young age. After winning numerous awards and accolades in France, she moved to New York in 2009 to open the US outpost of the famed Michelin-star restaurant Rouge Tomate, where she proceeded to build what many consider the best and most exciting wine list this country has ever seen, hailed by Eric Asimov in the New York Times as 'world-class, with exquisite taste'.

She became a leader in the natural wine movement (though that's only part of her scope of work) and was heralded one of the "New Prophets of Wine" by TimeOut, and a "Natural Wine Evangelist" by Ray Isle in Food &Wine. She then joined the wine-focused restaurant in Tribeca, first called Racine's and recently renamed Chambers, where she is building a similarly diverse and exquisite list. She is one of only 25 or so women to have been certified a Master Sommelier, and was the first woman to be named Meilleur Sommelier de France and also Meilleur Ouvrier de France (MOF). Pascaline has written for various prominent wine guides and books in France - including La Revue du Vin de France, The World of Fine Wine, Art of Eating and Wine & Spirits - and is a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Wine.