WINE WITCH ON FIRE: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, by Natalie MacLean

WINE WITCH ON FIRE

Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much 
By Natalie MacLean

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More than 3.7 million wine consumers visit Natalie MacLean's website for wine recommendations, the largest review site in Canada. She and her team of writers have a combined following on social media of 550,000 followers. Natalie is the regular wine expert for CTV's The Social, Canada's largest daytime television program, CTV News and CityTV's Breakfast Television, the country's largest morning show.

Natalie is also the host of Unreserved Wine Talk, named one of the 7 best drinks podcasts by the New York Times and one of Apple's Best Listens of the Year.

She was named the World's Best Drinks Writer at the World Food Media Awards, and has won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She is the only person to have won both the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation and the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d'Escoffier International.

Her books — Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines — were each selected as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Year. Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much is her debut memoir. It's been shortlisted for the 2024 Gourmand International Book Awards in the category of Wine Writing. 

Natalie studied the Romantic Poets at Oxford University with Jonathan Wordsworth and graduated with honors from the Master's of Business Administration at Western University. Before joining the wine world, she worked at Procter & Gamble in brand management, and then at the supercomputer company SGI in Mountainview, California, now the headquarters of Google.  

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WINE WITCH ON FIRE

Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much (Dundurn Press) is powerful memoir of how one woman resurrects her life and career in the wine industry. Natalie MacLean, a bestselling wine writer, is shocked when her husband of twenty years, a high-powered CEO, demands a divorce. Then an online mob comes for her career. 

Wavering between depression and determination, she must fight for her son, rebuild her career, and salvage her self-worth using her superpowers: heart, humor, and an uncanny ability to pair wine and food. Natalie confronts her insider role in the slick marketing encouraging women to drink too much while she battles the veiled misogyny of the wine world.

Facing the worst vintage of her life, she reconnects with the vineyards that once brought her joy, the female friends who sustain her, and her own belief in second chances. This true coming-of-age story is about transforming your life and finding love along the way.

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Reviews for Wine Witch on Fire:

Zesty, vibrant, meditative, edgy, structured, intense—these words Natalie MacLean might use to describe wines all apply to her Wine Witch on Fire. Dire, yes, but the book is funny and a page turner. Anyone at a crux will be buoyed by this writer’s grit and grace. - Frances Mayes, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun

Natalie MacLean has been through hell and back — misogyny, sexism, social media trolling — but her words are heartfelt and her journey inspiring. - Barbara Fairchild, former editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit magazine

Natalie MacLean is living a life that is the definition of resilience. In her empowering new memoir ‘Wine Witch on Fire’ she takes us on her incredible journey filled with love, anguish and fearless determination. Natalie’s story is an inspiration and guide to living well and fearlessly. A fabulous read! - Traci Melchor, Senior Correspondent, Etalk

Told with equal parts poignancy and humour, Wine Witch on Fire is a spirited tale of determination lived on the terroir of Natalie's amazing and inspiring journey. - Danny Meyer, Founder & Executive Chairman, Union Square Hospitality Group and New York Times bestselling author, Setting The Table

Courageous—that’s the first word that comes to mind while reading Natalie MacLean’s new memoir Wine Witch on Fire. MacLean is an accomplished wine writer, but this deeply personal book takes us behind the scenes, revealing one woman’s journey and extraordinary determination. - Karen MacNeil, bestselling author of The Wine Bible

Rousing, funny, and insider-y, Natalie MacLean’s soul-baring memoir paints an evocative and compelling picture of what it’s like to be a woman in wine. - Nell McShane Wulfhart, bestselling author of Off Menu and New York Times columnist

This deeply personal memoir tells the inspiring story of a talented woman navigating the treacherous currents of the wine industry, finding her voice and regaining her power through a true connection to time and place, human terroir. - Chef Michael Smith, bestselling author of ten cookbooks, Food Network host

Filled with grit and vulnerability. A read filled with healing and hope. - Victoria James, bestselling author of Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America’s Youngest Sommelier

There’s a lot of underbelly in this memoir. This book is a significant gesture to push the wine industry toward greater inclusion of people who’ve been marginalized. Natalie, you done good. - Terry Theise, bestselling author of Reading Between the Wines

This decade's Eat Pray Love. - Morgan Mullin, Arts & Culture Editor, The Coast Magazine

Natalie MacLean's literate and literary writing informs and entertains with a blend of analytic detail and a healthy dose of humor, much of it self-effacing. Her beautiful prose is elevated with hard-earned wisdom.  - Neal Hulkower, PhD, The World of Fine Wine Magazine

Natalie has crafted her experience into what could pass for an unputdownable thriller. It’s all the more jarring because it’s based on fact. I loved the tension and fast-paced writing. Any man who has a daughter, sister, or mother should read this book. Women with a little witch and fire within them will enjoy it too. - Steven Laine, bestselling author of Dragonvine

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