"I believe wine speaks. If we listen carefully,

we can hear the poetry of man stirring in the

vineyard leaves and witness a masterpiece of

light and shade descending on the vines."

PATRICIA MAHON

"I enjoyed this one...

Anyone reading it should see and taste and feel

the earth in a deeper way, and be enriched by it..."

ANNE PERRY

(1938-2023), British Author

A NIGHT IN THE VINE

Central California's bucolic Santa Ynez valley erupts into a massive rainstorm, transforming a picturesque wine trail into rivers of runoff, liquified mud and gravel. Six wine tasters become trapped in the idyllic estate of a sprawling vineyard.

Forced to endure nature's wrath overnight, they drink from the vineyard's bounty; each glass yielding admissions, confessions, and angst, in turn. As the night unfolds, the characters evolve-seemingly infused by the earth's "muted archeology" and we witness the rebirth of pure collective consciousness.

PATRICIA MAHON