Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney’s status as a bestselling novelist is established, but fans of his novels may not be aware of his long-term interest in wine. McInerney expresses his love of wine as a frequent contributor to the glossy pages of House & Garden magazine. His accounts of visits to vineyards and the wines he has imbibed are witty and enthusiastic in equal measure, but he is by no means a traditional wine critic. McInerney brings a relaxed attitude to wine and has led many wine tastings and lectured to groups of both wine connoisseurs and casual drinkers. His musings on wine have been collected inBacchus & Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar, Hedonist in the Cellar, and his latest, The Juice. These columns are a happy combination of his twin passions for writing and for wine and give great advice too!

For those not as familiar with Jay McInerney’s novels, he is the author of Bright Lights, Big City (which he adapted for the screen), Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, The Last of the Savages, Model Behavior, and The Good Life, which was described by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times as “A real love story . . . with a sympathy and depth new to McInerney’s fiction. . . . [In] The Good Life, the boom years have come to a dead halt with 9/11, an event that rocks even his most jaded hedonists and propels his two central characters into a re-examination of their marriages, their careers and their dreams.” The sequel, Bright, Precious Days was published in August 2016.