By MarnieFan ( September 27, 2009 at 10:23 am) · Filed under fan club
As soon as we questioned the Old’s longetivity in the publishing world, sure enough she publishes another book. This one is from Quirk Books in Philly. They are known for their “Worst Case Scenario” books as well as “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”
The lady seems to have been the “celebrity editor” of this book, since she did not actually write it, according to Amazon.com: “In Wine Secrets, forty of the world’s top wine experts share the tricks, techniques, and wisdom they’ve learned through decades of experience.”
Hopefully, this one will sell better than “He Said Beer, She Said Wine,” although that seems unlikely right now: it has a sales rank of #160,941 on Amazon, which apparently means it’s selling less than a copy a month on average.
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By MarnieFan ( September 22, 2009 at 12:04 pm) · Filed under fan club
It’s been a year and a half since Marnie and Sam’s book was published. Marnie did a full court press of media interviews and book signings recently. Were a bit curious as why she was still shilling for this book so long after its printing, so I called the publisher, DK Publishing.
The publisher pointed out that the book was just published in paperback this summer. They also let slip that (despite her fanbase in Philly and her appearance on the Today Show) He Said Beer, She Said Wine sold less than 5,000 copies. Is that a huge flop in the publishing world? Is this the end of her publishing career? How is Marnie going to recover?
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By MarnieFan ( September 16, 2009 at 6:22 am) · Filed under fan club
Garrett Oliver, head brewer for Brooklyn Brewery, says that the way we view beer and wine reflects years of cultural baggage dating to 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. After the Norman Conquest, the blood-red wine of the conquerors became the quaff …
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By MarnieFan ( September 12, 2009 at 7:53 am) · Filed under fan club
worldwide is being consolidated, those lines are increasingly blurred. But the Old World vs. New World divide continues to be a useful tool for those looking to learn more “taste-able” differences in wine. In an informative new book, Wine Secrets …
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By MarnieFan ( September 12, 2009 at 5:37 am) · Filed under fan club
British wine writer Hugh Johnson takes credit for dividing the world’s wine regions into what he classed as the Old World and the New World. He had begun work on his first encyclopedia of wine in the 1970s and needed a starting point. Winemaking in …
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