Back from the Dead by Jake Lorenzo Is His Best Book Yet
SONOMA (October 10, 2023)—The world’s most famous winemaking detective is back, and he is better than ever. Jake Lorenzo’s new book, Back from the Dead: Wine Tales from Beyond, has power, passion and insight, and it’s as ferociously funny as anything he has ever written. There is simply no source from which you will learn more about the underbelly of the wine industry. There is no other book that will infuse your learning with both tears and outright laughter.
Jake’s writing on surviving the pandemic in Wine Country is inventive, poignant, and moving. He’s the only wine writer to keep it real about COVID. He manages to be truthful but maintains his smile, no small feat. His take on how Wine Country is changing could only be presented by a true insider. Jake is the only one insisting that the magic in the bottle comes from the people doing the work, and he understands that winemaking must be fun for the workers or there is no magic. Back from the Dead cements Jake Lorenzo’s place in the wine writer’s Hall of Fame.
Jake Lorenzo has been the featured wine columnist for Wine Business Monthly (the nation’s foremost wine industry periodical,) since April 2004. He presents fictional characters interacting with real people, but it’s his insider knowledge and wicked sense of humor that elevates the writing to something totally unique. Hanzell Vineyards’ legendary winemaker, Bob Sessions summed it up like this, “In the wonderful, but complex world of wine, there is nobody like Jake Lorenzo. Nobody. He is our Henry Miller, our Paul Gauguin, our Robin Williams.”
Jake Lorenzo is also the pseudonym for winemaker, Lance Cutler. Cutler spent 18 years working as winemaker for the esteemed Gundlach Bundschu Winery. While there, he helped pioneer the use of humor in marketing fine wine, organized the hijacking of the Napa Valley Wine Train, and won accolades as Sonoma County Winemaker of the Year.
Back from the Dead: Wine Tales from Beyond is the sixth Jake Lorenzo collection published by Wine Patrol Press. The cover price of Back from the Dead is $19.95. Books can be ordered directly from Wine Patrol Press by calling (707) 996-5730 or by email at lctoon@winepatrol.com.
