cover image Love by the Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage

Love by the Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage

Dorothy J. Gaiter, John Brecher. Villard Books, $24.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-375-50560-7

Authors of the Wall Street Journal's ""Tastings"" column about wine, husband and wife John Brecher and Dorothy J. Gaiter have also teamed up to write their memoir, Love by the Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage. Gaiter, who's black, and Brecher who's white, grew up in segregated Florida towns and met at the Miami Herald. With warmth and humor, they recall their courtship and wedding, the arrival of children and their long careers as journalists. All the important life passages, from a new job at Newsweek to the birth of their daughter, are marked by memorable bottles, and the couple describes how they went from enthusiasts to collectors to critics.