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Author: Tom Gilbey

United Kingdom, Great Britain

Published on 6 November 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Square Peg) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 304 pages
223 x 142 x 28 | 400g

My favourite wine w*nker Jack Whitehall I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about things they love its not about showing off how many fancy wine terms I know. The point is to share something I love with someone else in a way that makes them want to love it too.Thirsty is the story of Tom Gilbey (The Wine Guy) and his life in wine, a celebration of the bleedin beautiful people who make it, and a history of his familys love affair with winemaking and lets be honest, drinking since the 1800s.

Learn how to:- read a label (even if you cant speak the language)- talk wine without sounding naff- choose wine in a restaurant- explain why some wine smells like your grannys cardiganAlong the way youll discover 100 Wine W*nker approved bottles: wines for friendships and long lunches, for autumn afternoons and winter evenings. Whether yours is a Chteauneuf-du-Pape, Kylie Minogues ros or God forbid orange wine, Tom will help you find the good stuff, always.

Let Tom show you how this gloriously gluggable elixir is, at its heart, made to bring pleasure, and that there is no right or wrong to enjoy wine: just go for it.

The perfect Christmas gift for every wine lover in your life.

Entertaining and engaging Helen McGinn of @knackeredmother