Wine is one of the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverages and it's been helping people banish their cares for over seven thousand years. At any given time, fifty million people all over the planet are pleasantly soaked and many have wine to thank for helping them put their feet up. So this little book is a squiffy panegyric, filled with fun facts, stories and quotations that indulge and celebrate the subtle complexity of the fermented grape, now and through the ages.