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Who is Coming to Table Wine?
Meet Peter Hellman

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702WI: What book(s) changed your life?​
Peter Hellman:
Frankenstein. It was the first "adult" book I ever read. Scared the daylights out of me and made me understand the power of words on the page.

702WI: What book(s) are coming out this year that you’re looking forward to reading?  
PH: Top of my list is Laura Shapiro's What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories

702WI: What books are currently stacked next to your bed/on your desk/in your pile-to-read?
PH: Original copies by Bianca Bosker. Arguably, essays by Christopher Hitchens, and History of My Life by Casanova

702WI: What book did you most recently recommend to someone else?  
PH: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker

702WI: Who are your favorite writers?
PH: John Cheever, PG Wodehouse, AJ Lieblin, Fitzgerald.

702WI: Do you commonly use a word or phrase that is specific to a place you lived/from childhood/from family that you don’t hear often in day-to-day conversation? 
PH: My son couldn't say "thank you". He said "not nu". I still say it to my wife to this day when she hands me something: "not nu".
 
702WI: What book/s could you never part with? Think “stranded-on-a-desert-island” books. 
PH: Anna Karenina.

702WI: Were you ever embarrassed about a book you loved? 
PH: Never.

702WI: What fictional character do you most identify with? Why?
PH: Anna Karenina: Her courage and her determination to live life fully are admirable to me.

702WI: Do you have a favorite musician or genre of music?
PH: Glenn Gould has to be my favorite.

702WI: Is there a creator who is doing something you find amazing?
PH: I find that what Adele has done is pretty amazing given her background.

702WI: What do you wish you knew more about?
PH: What's at the end of the universe.

702WI: Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
PH: Ah'nold (Schwarzenegger).

702WI: Vinyl, cassette, CD or digital? Typewriter, notebook, tablet or computer? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or none of the above? Sweet or savory? 
PH: Typewriter. Facebook. Savory, then sweet.
 
702WI: What is your most meaningful place?  
PH: Witch's Rock Surf Camp

702WI: What’s your favorite bookstore?  
PH: Book Culture, NYC.

702WI: Can you share a favorite line from a creative work (book/play/film/song)? 
PH: Frankenstein being "Soon borne away by the waves and lost in the darkness and distance."

702WI: What do you enjoy most about doing a reading or talking about your book? 
PH: Trying to persuade audiences that in so many ways wine is not like anything else we consume.

702WI: What is something you know about or have heard about Madison or Wisconsin? 
PH: My wife's wonderful Aunt Toby and Uncle Bernie Cohen, and her cousin Sarah Cohen and husband Jonny Hunter, and their lively son and daughter.
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Read about Peter's new book, In Vino Duplicitas

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