Lives, loves, emotions in the chalice: Angelo Peretti's "Spiritual exercises for wine drinkers" comes out in bookstores

Spiritual exercises for wine drinkers ( Edizioni Ampelos ), the book with which the Veronese journalist Angelo Peretti tackles an unprecedented narrative journey for the wine world, has been in bookshops since July 1st. Generally, in fact, the theme of wine is the subject of technical manuals and tasting guides, while it rarely constitutes, as in this case, the perspective on the basis of which to interpret the thoughts and actions of human beings and the needs of their bodies, souls and minds. Through ninety short chapters between the story and the essay , Peretti aims to lead the reader to rediscover the emotional and intellectual - that is "spiritual" - content of drinking and living . It does so on the basis of more than thirty years of experience in the sector, developed through the drafting of hundreds of articles and the drafting of strategic plans for various denominations of origin. Every single chapter of the spiritual exercises for wine drinkers is inspired by novels, anecdotes, poems, songs that have to do with anything other than wine. A Playboy interview with the founder of Apple , Steve Jobs, is an opportunity to talk about the fears of ordinary people in the face of the sacred monsters of wine and public life. A letter written by the stylist Giorgio Armani during the first wave of Covid-19 makes us reflect on the elegance and rudeness of certain wines and certain individuals. The memory of the first astronauts on the moon makes us understand how the sense of belonging to a community constitutes the foundation of both civil coexistence and the typicality of the wines of a given territory. The confessions of disappointed lovers in the online columns of lonely hearts give way to reason on the blindness of love and the defects of wines. In parallel, the compelling logic and the sometimes irreverent irony of the author dismantle, one after the other, the false rites of those self-styled connoisseurs who claim to set themselves up as priests of enology. The intent is to help the reader fully enjoy the pleasure of a natural gesture such as sharing a glass of wine with loved ones. For those who would like to deepen their "spiritual exercises" even at the table, Angelo Peretti suggests two wines for each chapter, one Italian and one foreign , consistent with the content dealt with from time to time: the choice is divided between well-known labels and less known, for a total of one hundred and eighty wines. The cover image of Spiritual exercises for wine drinkers was created by Elisa Costa for the Labeldesign studio.

Brief info Angelo Peretti Spiritual exercises for wine drinkers Ampelos Editions Pages 288 Cover price: 25 euro