Here is a sweeping look at the deep connection between wine and spirituality from ancient times to today. With its abundance of apt quotations, spiritual wisdom, and lavish images, The Spirituality of Wine, is a book to be treasured by wine lovers of every persuasion.
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Tony Aspler
To the great congregation of wine lovers who think of wine as a food group Tom Harpur's book will come as a revelation - and a timely addition to the canon of wine as sacrament, social glue and wonder drug. What wine people know instinctively he has captured here in felicitous prose, blended with praise from sources as diverse as the Bible, Ogden Nash and The Toronto Star. So pour yourself a glass of wine, dip into this book and get in touch with your inner vintner.
The drinking of wine, Tom Harpur contends, is a non-pious act of worship that will help us to 'care for the vineyard of our heart.' Amen.
Capital News
Albert Baldeo
Thanks Tom Harpur for this refreshing insight.
The Express
Scott Woodhouse
It’s a sweeping history of the origins of wine from ancient times to its growth in Canada during prohibition.
Bookworld Autumn 2004
The Spirituality of Wine is an endorsement and celebration of wine.
Synchronicity: The Magazine
The Spirituality of Wine is not only a charming volume: it’s a work of art.
Okanagan Life
Dona Sturmanis, Jeanette Dunagan, Renée
This breathtaking coffee table book is a stunning combination of photography and text and explores the mystical connection between the divine drink and our own inner spirituality.
Capital News
Judie Steeves
Beautifully laid-out and studded with some excellent photographs, many of Okanagan scenes, Tom Harpur’s most recent venture with Wood Lake Books’ Northstone Publishing is a radical departure from his more controversial publications.
Montreal Anglican
C.S.
Tom Harpur, known for his literary panache, has penned a fascinating text aptly entitled The Spirituality of Wine. From it’s glorious dust jacket featuring a sparkling goblet of wine standing amidst many-hued bunches of grapes to its wondrous richly coloured photographs, the book’s presentation is one of impeccable taste. As to its contents, Harpur has taken the grapes and crushed them into a perfect blend.
The Okanagan Saturday
Steve MacNaull
Harpur is a retired Anglican priest, but the book isn’t religious. Rather, it outlines the spirituality of wine in the bigger sense – touching on vino’s connection to history, romance, agriculture, art, culture and cuisine.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Nancy Jeffrey
Savor the photos, ponder the quotes and learn from this Canadian author’s insight on how wine has an integral part in the history of our religious rituals, spiritual growth and heart transformations.
Wine Express
A feast for eyes and spirit, Harpur’s sensuous, brilliantly photographed The Spirituality of Wine, Northstone, $45,is 100-point celebration in a glass!
The Anglican Montreal Anglican
Carol Segal
Harpur has taken the grapes and crushed them into a perfect blend.
