"Isle's writing is poetic but never precious, and he focuses on vintners as people, showing how their personalities joyfully come through in their wines. For the one-third of Americans who consume wine regularly, Isle offers helpful direction on how to choose bottles thoughtfully." -Booklist
"Ray Isle is not only one of the most knowledgeable guys in the wine world, but he also has the taste and discrimination to steer us towards the very best producers of the Old World and the New World-specifically those who are producing distinctive, value-driven, exciting, and environmentally sensitive wines that transmit their place of origin. This is one of the most useful and elegantly written wine books to come along in years." -Jay McInerney
"With Authority and charm, Ray Isle leads you brilliantly into the world of organic, sustainable, biodynamic, regenerative farming, and what the hell natural wine is to the world. It's a book for the curious wine drinker with new, up and coming and familiar names in the wine world. I truly enjoyed reading this book. Cheers!" -Aldo Sohm, Wine director of Le Bernardin and author of Wine Simple
Ray Isle is the longtime executive wine editor for Food & Wine as well as the wine and spirits editor for Travel + Leisure. He writes Food & Wine's monthly "What to Drink Next" column as well as regular feature articles for Food & Wine and Travel + Leisure's print issues. His writing has appeared in Departures, Wine & Spirits, Time, The Washington Post, and many other national publications. He has won the IACP award for narrative beverage writing three times, the American Food Journalists award for beverage writing, and the North American Travel Journalists Association gold award, and has been nominated three times for a James Beard Award in beverage writing. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.