Books for Ontario Wine Week
Ontario Wine Week begins June 16. Created by the Ontario government in 2005 to celebrate the wines from Ontario's four wine regions.
Each of these books feature wine in some fashion:
Graphic Novel
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The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi
This manga series was a hit in its native Japan, credited with doubling the country's consumption of wine. In the series, a one of the world's top wine experts sets up a scavenger hunt to determine whether his son or his protege will inherit his estate. The two men must uncover the identity of 12 great wines based on cryptic clues. It's a fantastic series. I feel like I'm getting an education in wine as I read. Start with Volume 1.
Fiction
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A Good Year by Peter Mayle
• Large Print
An Englishman inherits a vineyard and relocates to Provence. Also a feature film.
Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson
Sun Valley, Idaho sheriff Walt Fleming must thwart a plot to steal a rare bottle of wine at an exclusive wine festival.
Nose by James Conaway
An unmarked bottle of Cabernet appears on a wine critic's doorstep and sparks a search for the wine's origin.
The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra-Chapman
A woman struggles to maintain control of her family's sake brewing business in spite of the restrictions on women in 19th century Japan.
Sideways by Rex Pickett
• eAudiobook
Two friends take a road trip through California's wine country. Also a feature film.
Mystery Fiction
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Champagne: the Farewell by Janet Hubbard
• eAudiobook
• eBook
In France for a friend's wedding, NYPD Detective Max Maguire is drawn into a murder investigation in the Champagne region.
The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker
• eBook
The police chief in a small Dordogne village has his hands full with murder and with an American corporation making large land purchases.
Death of a Wine Merchant by David Dickinson
• eBook
A murder at a society wedding leads Lord Francis Powerscourt into an investigation of the cutthroat French wine industry.
The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby
• Large Print
Lucie Montgomery returns to her family's Virginia vineyard after her father's sudden death. The first in Crosby's Wine Country Mystery series. Find out more about the series.
Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
Inspector Rutledge investigates a firm producing Madeira wine after an unidentified body is discovered.
Romance
Wine, Tarts and Sex by Susan Johnson
A gifted chef finds a Minnesota vintner intoxicating.
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