Alice Feiring is an American

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and

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, for several years a

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and travel columnist for ''

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'' magazine, and known as an advocate for "

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". In addition to contributions to publications such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' LA Times'', '' Condé Nast Traveler'' and '' Forbes Traveler'', her blog "The Feiring Line" (formerly: "Veritas in Vino") is considered one of the best in its specific category, and her voice described by

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as part of a new wave of "real flowering of high-quality wine journalism". In 2011, Feiring was selected as "Online Communicator of the Year" by the

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International Wine Writer Awards. On Sept. 30, 2020, Feiring was named a Knight of the French

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. Her first book, published in May 2008, ''The Battle for Wine and Love: Or How I Saved the World from Parkerization'', described as "an opinionated look at the fight to preserve authenticity and diversity in wine", due to its perceived "declaration of war" against critic Robert Parker found some controversy well before its date of release. Reviewing the book,

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later wrote, "Ms. Feiring is an uncompromising judge of wine and people who can no more stomach a lover’s preference for a wine she abhors than she can the presence of a microwave in her kitchen." Feiring's critical statements against

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as "overblown, over-alcoholed, over-oaked, overpriced and over-manipulated" have also sparked controversy. In 2011, Feiring published ''Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally''. Her 2016 book ''For the Love of Wine: My Odyssey Through the World's Most Ancient Wine Culture,'' explores the wine of

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. In 2017, Feiring published ''The Dirty Guide to Wine: Following Flavor from Ground to Glass''. She also wrote ''Natural Wine For The People: What It Is, Where to Find It, How to Love It'' released in August 2019.''Natural Wine for the People''
/ref> Her most recent book is "To Fall In Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer's Memoir" (2022, Simon and Schuster).

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