Among the simple but easily attainable pleasures of life, having friends for dinner, corking a North Carolina wine, and reading a passage from "VINTAGE TREKS," acts like an appetizer to an appetizer. Jim Lavis begins with Love-love of knowledge of NC wines, love of science and lore of NC wines, but most powerfully, love of the beauty of NC wines--color, aroma, flavor, "mouth feel." Knowing where and how Michaelangelo obtained the pigments for his paints definitely increases the viewing pleasure of the Sistine Chapel. Likewise, sharing "VINTAGE TREKS" with dinner guests sipping Viognier,...