How many gift giving opportunities have you had this summer? From birthdays to graduations to weddings to anniversaries, it never ends! Although a check is always appreciated and perfect for anyone who is difficult to buy for, it’s often more fun to actually gift that special someone with something tangible – especially if they’ve offered ideas or you know them well. A friends loves books? Your wine lover daughter needs a wine refrigerator for her new house? That cocktail aficionado (also a millennial) would appreciate a nice bottle of booze? Covered!
Sent as samples and reviewed below are three of my favorite ideas for those who love books, wine and gin. Yes, gin.
Jupiter’s Blood by Steven Laine
In this page-turner of a book, Dante Lombardi, an American wine expert, is having a difficult time dealing with his business partner and dear friend’s suicide. Simultaneously, his ex, Dr. Claire Durant, introduces him to a synthetic lab-produced wine she has developed. Replivino wines have the remarkable ability to match the finest and most lauded wines around the globe… at a shockingly inexpensive price.
Alas, Claire and the company’s “Vino Code” disappear and Dante rushes to Europe in search of her. Cue the clandestine “ruthless counterfeiter,” Dante’s many European wine industry colleagues who are dialed in to assist, and a myriad of dangerous adventures that only Steven Laine can conjure. You’ll have to read this book to discover if Dante Lombardi was able to save the worldwide wine industry from
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