This issue’s pairing
Every good book has a bottle that belongs beside it. We find it for you — by setting, mood and season.
No scores, no snobbery, no hundred-dollar minimums. Just thoughtful pairings for readers who like a glass at hand.
The Library
All 17 pairings →Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, 1813
Any seasonVerdelho Madeira
Madeira, Portugal
$$The wine Regency England actually drank — with a sharp wit to match.
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, 1958
AutumnEtna Rosso
Mount Etna, Sicily
$$Volcanic, aristocratic, and quietly aware that everything is changing.
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway, 1964
SpringFleurie (Beaujolais cru)
Beaujolais, France
$A café carafe of Paris, hungry and happy.
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier, 1938
WinterCrozes-Hermitage
Northern Rhône, France
$$Dark, peppery and a little haunted — like Manderley after midnight.
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989
AutumnLeft Bank Bordeaux (Médoc)
Bordeaux, France
$$Claret for an English country house, poured with perfect restraint.
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami, 1987
SpringKoshu
Yamanashi, Japan
$$Delicate, melancholy and unmistakably Japanese.
Pair by mood
What kind of evening is it?
Contents
Essays on reading and drinking well