This is not a wine book - this is a book about making a good life, and the great bottles you might sip while you do so. For Tom Gilbey, the two are inseparable. Hailing from the first British family to own a vineyard and chateau in Burgundy in the 1800s, having a taste for wine is part of the Gilbey DNA. In this book, Tom takes you under the bonnet of a wine dealer, charting lessons from his three decades in the wine business and five decades on the planet. From how to detect if a batch of wine is ''good shit'', to maybe killing George Michael to falling in love and using wine knowledge as a courting method, Tom is here to level up your vino game with 100 wines and myriad anecdotes that will have you rolling on the floor. Along the way, you may also become a pro at ordering from any wine list, skipping wines that aren''t worth the cost in the wine aisle and getting a great deal on the good stuff.

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Tom Gilbey has spent his whole working life in wine. From his start in winemaking to running a flagship city wine merchant, Tom's unwavering passion for wine is part of his DNA and shines through in every wine his company promotes and every wine event he does. His energetic videos answering popular wine questions have been gaining increasing traction online, especially since his recent video tasting 25 glasses of wine while running the London marathon went viral. Tom has over 800,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok.

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'My favourite wine w*nker' Jack Whitehall
**'Finally, a wine book that's as moreish as my Malbec'** Alan Carr
**'An enormously entertaining read'** Spectator
**'A full-bodied book that's really got legs'** Mail on Sunday

'I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about things they love - it's 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 family's love affair with winemaking - and let's be honest, drinking - since the 1800s.

Learn how to:

• read a label (even if you can't speak the language)
• talk wine without sounding naff
• choose wine in a restaurant
• explain why some wine smells like your granny's cardigan

Along the way you'll discover 100 Wine W*nker approved bottles: wines for friendships and long lunches, for autumn afternoons and winter evenings. Whether yours is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Kylie Minogue's rosé 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.

'Entertaining and engaging' Helen McGinn of @knackeredmother