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Bedell Cellars to Host Book Signing Featuring One of the Country's Leading Wine Personalities Mark Oldman and his Newest Book Oldman's Brave New World of Wine

Bedell Cellars will host author and leading wine personality Mark Oldman for a book signing on Sunday May 15th at 2 p.m.  Released this past fall, Oldman’s Brave New World of Wine: Pleasure, Value, and Adventure Beyond Wine’s Usual Suspectsoffers a look inside the wine world’s best-kept secrets: lesser known wines of moderate cost and maximum appeal.  The original and entertaining guide highlights the wine world’s most exciting frontiers and best values.  Each chapter introduces a “brave new pour,” offering insight on the taste, origin, price, pronunciation and what wine-enthusiast celebrities have to comment on it.  Oldman’s humor and flair throughout the book ensure the book a delightful read with useful information.  Cheat sheets integrated throughout the book offer wine and food pairings, tasting tips and recommendations.  Quotes from notable celebrities include: Dan Aykroyd, Julio Iglesias, Antonio Banderas, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Hilary Swank, Mario Batali and Tom Colicchio.  Books will be available for purchase at the event ($19.95).  The event will take place on the pavilion overlooking the vines at Bedell Cellars.  Complimentary pours of a select red and white wine will be offered during the event.  There is no cost to attend the event, but reservations are suggested.

 

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Mark Oldman is one of the country’s leading wine personalities. He is a head judge for the PBS television series The Winemakers, contributes to top publications and Web sites, including selecting all of the wine for Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine, and lectures at the country’s top gastronomic festivals, such as the Aspen Food & Wine Classic and the South Beach Food Network Wine & Food Festival. His previous book, the best-selling Oldman’s Guide to Outsmarting Wine, was called “perfect” by Wine Enthusiast and won the Georges Duboeuf Best Wine Book of the Year Award.  Visitwww.markoldman.com for more information.

 

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“Mark Oldman is the ideal mix of wine connoisseur, showman, and everyday dude.”

Publishers Weekly

"Mark Oldman has a clear head, a cool eye, an experienced palate. The combination gives his thinking an attractive structure and his writing an evocative sense of the grape and the barrel."

—Jesse Kornbluth, Huffington Post

“Charismatic and cool…full of snappy insights.”

Library Journal

 

RSVP by calling or emailing Molly Deegan (molly@bedellcellars.com) at Bedell Cellars at (631) 734-7537.  

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