Benjamin Wallace's "The Billionaire's Vinegar: the Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine" traces the history of some bottles of Bordeaux believed to have been purchased by Thomas Jefferson. The book is filled with interesting characters from wine collectors to wine sellers to wine crooks. You'll learn about elaborate wine tastings, wine auctions, and wine provenance. Wallace told me the book has been optioned by Hollywood.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
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Ned Sublette is a composer, guitarist, and leading scholar of Cuban music. He spent a year in New Orleans prior to Katrina and the result was a new book, "The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square." The book tells the story of New Orleans' first century, approximately 1719 to 1819, and the influence that Spain, France, Santo Domingo and the English had on the city. You'll meet all kinds of fascinating characters and learn a lot about the origins, slave history and the music and dances of New Orleans.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
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