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Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm
Vinthology
Foreword by Hugh Johnson
This eclectic collection at last brings to a wide audience the
irreverent, zany voice of Randall Grahm, visionary California
winemaker and founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard. An iconoclastic
send-up of the wine industry and a celebration of unsung grape
varieties, the book features, among other things, Grahm's hilarious
literary parodies - Joyce, Kafka, Pynchon, Salinger, and others -
together with song lyrics, snarky satires, poems, lectures, and
more. Subtle undertones of
gravitas with faint suggestions
of earnestness lie beneath the humor, however, as Grahm
passionately addresses the state of wine today: Where in wine does
"greatness" truly repose? How might true originality in New World
wines be found? Do New World winemakers have the integrity and
courage to unreservedly embrace
terroir? This trove includes
a very personal take on Dante's Inferno (Grahm's own vision of Wine
Hell) and a collection of tunes from the rock opera "Born to
Rhône." Other pieces offer a fascinating glimpse into the history
of the Rhône Ranger wine movement and of Bonny Doon itself, told
through the story of its adventurous wine labels. Been Doon So Long
is a highly entertaining journey to find the "truth of all things
that may be found in the unlikely medium of a wineglass."
Signed First-Edition Print
336 pages, 8.5 x 10 inches, 26 color illustrations, 35 line
illustrations
REVIEWS
“Randall Grahm… is an original thinker [with] warmth and a sense of
humor. They are on full display in Been Doon So Long… an anthology…
of several decades worth of literary satires, reveries, incessant
yet clever puns and gnomic prognostications. Mr. Grahm’s thoughts
are brilliantly observed and beautifully rendered.”
~ Eric Asimov,
The New York Times
“Raise your glass to Randall Grahm. Long may he tickle our
fancy.”
~ Kermit Lynch, author of
Adventures on the Wine Route
“Randall Grahm’s Been Doon So Long is what was once called a
chrestomathy — a collection of essays, poems, arcana, and humor… I
know of no other compendium of wine lit so erudite, witty, and
straightforward as Grahm’s remarkable book.”
~ John Mariani,
Bloomberg
“This is a book for those of us who were precocious children or
wish we were, and grew up to sneak cases of wine into the
apartment. I found myself happy for the opportunity to crawl into
his psyche and experience how it tinkers and toys.”
~ Alice Feiring,
Veritas in Vino
“Grahm’s tributes to literature mostly illuminate his brilliant
excesses of biochemical creativity. But move past that and find
there’s also a serious side in Grahm’s repertoire. It’s here that
Grahm’s talents truly shine… When he’s on, Grahm manages the sort
of wine writing that rarely finds a place in print anymore:
rhapsodic, smart and frank, if not for the beginner.”
~ Jon Bonné,
Wine Editor at San Francisco Chronicle