August Book Club Pick: The Champagne Letters by Kate Macintosh

According to Goodreads this book is “perfect for fans of bubbly wine and Kristin Harmel, this historical fiction novel follows Mme. Clicquot as she builds her legacy, and the modern divorcee who looks to her letters for inspiration.Reims, France, 1805: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors fighting for her customers, and the Napoleonic court politics complicating matters she must set herself apart quickly and permanently if she, and her business, are to survive. In present day Chicago, broken from her divorce, Natalie Taylor runs away to Paris. In a book stall by the Seine, Natalie finds a collection of the Widow Clicquot’s published letters and uses them as inspiration to step out of her comfort zone and create a new, empowered life for herself. But when her Parisian escape takes a shocking and unexpected turn, she’s forced to make a choice. Should she accept her losses and return home, or fight for the future she’s only dreamed about? What would the widow do?”

We will meet to discuss this book on August 27 at 6pm!

Appellation Wine Bar will be switching things up to RETAIL! Today is the first day of our new hours! Tuesdays we will be open to the public from 12-6pm, and from 6-8pm we will have RSVP tastings as usual. Wednesday - Saturday store hours will be 12-8!

We hope to see you all for our new adventure!

MAY BOOK CLUB READ:

All Systems Red: Murderbot Diaries Book One by Martha Wells

Murderbot surprises readers as we delve into a life of enslavement by a megacorporation, only to be freed from that lifestyle and have to choose between a vengeful life or a peaceful one.

Murderbot soon creates relationships through time spent with artificial and human beings, but learns he has little patience for the emotional connections he finds along the way.

We also have a Book Brag, where participants talk about what they are reading, and we also will have a book swap, so bring a few books you are looking to re-home.

We will meet on the LAST Wednesday of each month!

June Bookclub read will be: Still Life by Louise Penny

APRIL’S BOOK CLUB READ:

Climbing to the Sun by Shelley Burchfield

Climbing to the Sun is a book steeped in the culture and rituals of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Set in Pickens, SC, Callie Beecham is a healer and an herbalist who uses  plant-based treatments to help her patients. One morning a young man comes asking her for help with his wife who is struggling with childbirth in a freed-slave settlement at the edge of the mountains. Callie quickly finds herself threatened by important towns people who know a deep dark secret about her.

As a very special treat we will be joined by the

author of this book for discussion and insight!

Come talk about the book over wine with other avid readers.

We also have a Book Brag, where participants talk about what they are reading, and we also will have a book swap, so bring a few books you are looking to re-home.

MAY PICK:  All Systems Red by Martha Wells

First book in the Murder Bot Diaries

We will meet on the LAST Wednesday of each month!