Words & Wine: Peter Mayle (THE VINTAGE CAPER)

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the author’s illness, this event has been cancelled!!!

In Words & Wine events, guests mingle with the author while sipping award-winning wines from Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and enjoying savory nibbles prepared by The Hunt Club. For the highlight of the evening, the engaging Warren Etheredge, of The Warren Report, leads an intimate and entertaining on-stage interview and conversation with the author. A copy of the book, signed for you by the author after the interview, is included in the $50 ticket cost, in addition to all wines and appetizers.

Words & Wine with Peter Mayle Friday July 16 6pm Sorrento Hotel, Seattle Spend a summer evening sipping wine and chatting all things French with Peter Mayle, in Seattle to discuss his latest novel, The Vintage Caper. The setting is the historic Sorrento Hotel’s Top of the Town, and we’ll enjoy appetizers and Ste Michelle wines while Warren Etheredge interviews Mayle about his books and his life in Paris and Provence. From Hollywood to Marseille with delicious stops in between, Peter Mayle’s latest novel is filled with the culinary delights and entertaining characters that made him our treasured chronicler of la vie Francais. After lawyer Danny Roth’ impressive wine cellar is featured in the LA Times, he finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. The search for the missing liquid treasure leads to Bordeaux and Provence, and along the way we, and the characters, get to enjoy all of France’s sensory delights.

	Peter Mayle

“A lighthearted romp, in which picking the right restaurant, choosing the best dish on the menu and of course, finding the perfect wine (and female companion) to accompany the feast is every bit as important as catching the thief.” —Los Angeles Times All wines, appetizers and a copy of The Vintage Caper are included in the $50 per person cost, along with a magical summer evening with one of our most charming writers. Peter Mayle is the author of eleven previous books, including A Year in Provence, French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew, A Good Year, Hotel Pastis and Chasing Cezanne. He received the Legion d’Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, and has lived in Provence for twenty years.