Wine Girl: The Trials and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier

by Victoria James

Book Overview

An affecting memoir from the country's youngest sommelier, tracing her path through the glamorous but famously toxic restaurant world

At just twenty-one, the age when most people are starting to drink (well, legally at least), Victoria James became the country's youngest sommelier at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Even as Victoria was selling bottles worth hundreds and thousands of dollars during the day, passing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062961675
• ISBN13: 9780062961679
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Wine Girl - A gut wrenching triumph

A powerful, wrenching story of a young female working her way up through the restaurant industry to become a sommelier. Her story carries you with her driving, crashing emotional waves as she combines grit and tenacity to confront obstacles, shock, and humiliation, to triumph as the internationally renowned sommelier she is today.