About us
Hello Wineauxs!
We are a fun group of wine loving, book loving, aged 35+ (like a fine wine) group of people. We would love for you to join us. Here's one of the many activities we have planned each month....
Monthly Book Club - Every month we meet at a local wine shop in Scottsdale where we have a curated wine tasting based on the theme of that month's book. We discuss the book, drink wine, laugh and have fun. I promise you will meet a new friend at this book club!
Buzz Books & Bubbles - This small group spinoff meets once a month at a wine bar as we discuss a buzzy book of the moment (usually a newly released book) while sipping on champagne or you drink of choice. Great for avid readers who want to read more than one book a month.
The Capote Brunch Society - This is a spinoff of our book club where we meet for brunch and like Truman Capote and his swans we discuss a long form article that I provide to you prior to the brunch (think Anna Delvey fake heiress type stories).
Beginning in February 2025 - The Literary Wineaux Society will be a fee-based membership. All new members will receive a 30-day trial. The annual dues are just $10 per year. You can pay via Meetup or you can pay me directly via Venmo, PayPal, Zelle or Apple Cash. and I'll update your membership manually.
Wineaux Rules: please kindly cancel your RSVP ahead of meetup time if unable to make it to allow for the waitlist to open up. Thank you.
Upcoming events
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LWS February Book Club: 'How Much of These Hills is Gold' By C. Pam Zhang
Mise en place, 13610 North Scottsdale Road, Ste. 14, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254, United States,, Scottsdale, CA, USHowdy Wineauxs!
We are embarking on a new bookish frontier - THE WILD WEST!!! - You voted and the winning book is....
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang - Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, this electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story. Amazon Link.
Book Details
- 336 Pages
- Published April 7, 2020
- Audiobook: 9 hours, 8 minutes - narrated by Catherine Ho (The School for Good Mothers), Joel de la Fuente (Interior Chinatown)
Praises
- A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
- A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
- ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020
- LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE
- FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
- WINNER OF THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION AWARD, FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS
- A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE
Optional Further Reading and Viewing
- Author's website
- READ: The Booker Prize's Q&A with Author
- WATCH: In Conversation with Kristin Hannah and C. Pam Zhang
LOCATION: We'll discuss and drink wine at the old saloon (aka Mise En Place). $25 per person - curated guided wine tasting with light charcuterie bites.
Dress Up?
Dressing up in some cowgirl/cowboy attire is encouraged, but totally not required. Come as the outlaw you already are!38 attendees
Wild West Wineauxs: Field Trip to Goldfield Ghost Town
Superstition Museum, 4087 North Apache Trail, Apache Junction, AZ, USHowdy Wineauxs!
The perfect accompaniment to our Wild West Book Club theme is a Literary Wineauxs field trip to Apache Junction. I've done this SO MANY TIMES, maybe it's just weird-ol' me, but I'm obsessed! I love it!
Here's the itinerary....
FIRST: We will first meet at the Superstition Mountains Lost Dutchman Museum at 10:30am. We will spend an hour here walking around the different sites including the historic museum with lots of artifacts from Arizona's storied history. There is a chapel where Elvis filmed Charro!, the Apacheland Barn where many westerns and Hollywood films of yesteryears were filmed. STUNNING views of the Superstition Mountains. There is an old stamp mill, replica historic buildings from the western era, railroad exhibit and more. Admission $7 for adults.
SECOND: We will take a GORGEOUS drive through Apache Junction, turning and coasting through beautiful Saquaro-covered hills. This will lead us to the end of the route -- Tortilla Flats. Lunchtime! at this very iconic restaurant filled with wall-to-wall dollar bills and comfort food menu items. There's a yummy gelato shop, historic buildings, gift shop and more.
LAST STOP: Goldfield Ghost Town. There's so much to do and see here. My favorites are the underground mine tour, the train, the bordello tour, prickly pear margaritas at an old saloon, and this witchy apothecary shop. Tons of shops and replica buildings of the old west. At certain times they have a performance of hired actors in a Wild West shootout.
You can break off at anytime from the day if you need to leave early. This is a very easy drive if you've never been here. It takes me under an hour from Phoenix but I never hit any traffic so it's super breezy.
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