In The New French Wine (Ten Speed Press, 2023), Jon Bonné tells the groundbreaking tale of the world’s greatest wine culture at a moment of profound change. (Lire en français.)

France is the soul of the global wine industry. And over the past 20 years, French wine has been simultaneously destroying and recreating itself, driven by a talented generation of pioneering winemakers.

This new generation sees all the value of French terroir — its traditions, its famed vineyards, its renown. But it is also struggling to succeed amid a bureaucracy that undermines progress and makes life more difficult for the small independent vignerons who make up the backbone of French wine.