Natalie Maclean's Book and Wine Pairings

Natalie Maclean, one of America's leading wine writers and the author of Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey From Grape to Glass, shares her recommended book and wine pairings, for both classic and contemporary novels.

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Classic Book and Wine Pairings

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte with California chardonnay
• The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne with red burgundy (pinot noir)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy with vintage port
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte with British sparkling wine
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with New Zealand and Oregon pinot noir
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with Chilean chardonnay
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck with California zinfandel
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with Washington merlot
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger with cognac (or rye whisky)
• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck with New York riesling

Contemporary Book and Wine Pairings

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden with saké
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown with Italian chianti
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss with New Zealand sauvignon blanc
• The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman with Spanish rioja
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls with Canadian riesling
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion with South African sauvignon blanc
• Beloved by Toni Morrison with Argentine malbec
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell with Italian chianti
• The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger with Californian cabernet
• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs with Canadian icewine

Natalie's Recommended Wine Books

• A Fool and Forty Acres by Geoff Heinricks
• A Pocket Guide to Ontario Wines by Konrad Ejbich
• Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch
• Africa Uncorked by John and Erica Platter
• Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney
• Bordeaux: People, Power and Politics by Stephen Brook
• Cellaring Wine: Managing Your Wine Collection...to Perfection by Jeff Cox
• Crush: The New Australian Wine Book by Max Allen
• Decantations by Frank Prial
• Drink: A Social History of America by Andrew Barr
• Essential Winetasting: The Complete Practical Winetasting Course by Michael Schuster
• From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes & Making Your Own Wine by Jeff Cox
• Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2005
• Icewine: The Complete Story by John Schreiner
• Making Sense of Wine by Matt Kramer
• Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2005
• Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson by James Gabler
• Saké Pure & Simple by John Gauntner
• Salut! The Story of Beer in Quebec by Raymond Beauchemin
• The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine by Jennifer Rosen
• The Craft of the Cocktail by Dale DeGroff
• The Emperor of Wine by Elin McCoy
• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson, A. Dinsmoor Webb, and Richard E. Smart
• Uncorked: The Science of Champagne by Gérard Liger-Belair
• Vineyard Tales by Gerald Asher
• What to Drink With What You Eat by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page
• Windows on the World Wine Course: 2002 Edition by Kevin Zraly, Peter M.F. Sichel (Introduction)
• Wine with Food by Joanna Simon
• World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson