Ep. 1866 South of Somewhere by Robert Camuto | IWP Book Club With Richard Hough

Welcome Book Club and Episode 1867 of the Italian Wine Podcast with Richard Hough. Today Richard is in conversation with Robert Camuto, discussing his latest book, South of Somewhere.  

On the bookshelf:

The books mentioned in today’s show were:

South of Somewhere by Robert Camuto

Corkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine Country by Robert Camuto,

Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey by Robert Camuto

Robert Camuto Meets…, Wine Spectator, https://www.winespectator.com/wine-and-culture/robert-camuto-meets

A Secular Age by Charles Taylor

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin

Coming soon:

In the next episode of Book Club Richard will be in conversation with Melissa Muller, discussing her lavish cookbook Sicily.

More about today’s guest

Robert Camuto is an award-winning American journalist who has lived and worked in Europe for more than twenty years. A Wine Spectator contributing editor since 2008, he writes a twice monthly online column for winespectator.com called Robert Camuto Meets….

Focusing on personal stories and local histories, Camuto’s work digs into wine regions of Italy, France and beyond. Robert is author of three highly acclaimed books. His latest, South of Somewhere: Wine, Food and the Soul of Italy is both a personal memoir and a portrait of Italy’s southern wine and food renaissance today. His Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey is a classic of both wine storytelling and Sicily’s modern wine movement. He lives in Verona. 

Connect:

Website: robertvcamuto.com 

Instagram: robertcamuto_writes 

Facebook: Robert Camuto 

Twitter: @robertcamuto 

More about the host Richard Hough:

Richard Hough is the editor, translator and project curator behind Wine Democracy and Vine and Prejudice. He has also published several books about life in Verona, chronicling the city’s history, culture and daily life, not forgetting, of course, its wine! With a long-standing passion for whisky and beer, he’s a relative newcomer to the world of wine and is now desperately trying to make up for lost time! He is the host of Book Club on the Italian Wine Podcast.

Connect:

Twitter: www.twitter.com/rick_hough

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ricksnotesfromverona 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhough/

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