American wine has some great stories. This book does a very nice job of telling some midwest and modern east coast tales, instead of rehashing Jefferson and California over and over. Kudos for that.

The book celebrates a unique, native American grape and its flavors. We have rejected most Old World standards for everything else but still cling to them in wine. Thus, most American grapes are dismissed out of hand. At the same time, other countries seem invited to try unusual grapes. So why are American grapes automatically unworthy? This book doesn't ask why that is, and should more accurately be titled "an" untold story rather than "the" untold story.