The Vineyard of the End of the World tells the fascinating 400-year story of how the Mecca of wine emerged in the Andean desert. By profiling the most important figures who drove the Argentine revolution, including the famous oenologist Michel Rolland, the acclaimed American winemaker Paul Hobbs, and the Catena family in the style of Mondavi, Ian Mount describes in colorful detail the exhausting work, the brilliant innovations, and the behind-the-scenes drama that put Argentina on the map.

“ The rise of Argentine wine and the unlikely triumph of the humble Malbec(the Seabiscuit of grapes) are one of the great untold stories of globalization.”—Benjamin Wallace, author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar

Argentina has long produced and consumed oceans of wine, but it wasn't particularly good. Oxidized, rustic, and often made with a low-grade French grape called Malbec, it couldn't be sold outside the country's borders. But today, Argentina and its signature Malbec are on the tip of the tongue of every savvy wine lover. How did this happen?

“Ian Mount has found a significant gap in the current library of wine books: Mendoza and Malbec. The story is fascinating.”—George Taber, author of The Judgment of Paris

Published by W.W. Norton in January 2012

Ian is also an experienced ghostwriter and book editor, and has collaborated on four major entrepreneurial nonfiction projects, including a Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 4 million copies sold, published in 2016, and a New York Times bestseller published in 2023.

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