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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Buzz Books & Bubbles: 'The Unknown' by Riley Sager
Rift Wine and Tap, 431 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, USIt's time for Halloween which means there are scary stories on the table and what better way to toast our glasses of champagne to ring in spooky season than with Riley Sager's latest novel "The Unknown"
This novel is currently (at the time of posting) #1 of the NYT Bestseller List for Hardcover fiction and #5 for Print/E-Book Fiction Combined.
"The Unknown" by Riley Sager
Bookbub's The Buzziest Mysteries and Thrillers Coming in the Second Half of 2026Book Summary:
In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again.Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklong research trip to that very spot.
Because New Avalon isn’t your ordinary island. A century ago, it was a commune for spiritual mediums—until they all vanished in 1926. The only trace of them was five dresses hanging from the branches of an old oak tree in the middle of the island, one for each missing woman. Some locals say they simply left. Others think they were murdered. But the prevailing opinion, thanks to a diary left behind by one of the vanished, a young woman named Daisy Rue, is that a séance gone wrong conjured something supernatural that took them all one by one.
Not long after arriving, Marin and her castmates, including legendary actress Violet Wright and white-hot director Ronan Peters, begin to realize all is not right with New Avalon. They hear strange noises in the night and notice mysterious symbols left behind by the island's previous occupants. And after a sudden health emergency leaves Marin, Ronan, and the other actors stranded on the island, the disappearances begin again.
Is it the work of someone trying to derail the movie? Or is the island’s alleged supernatural past catching up with the present? As fear and suspicion mount, Marin turns to Daisy’s diary, hoping it holds the key to figuring out what really happened to the women of New Avalon—and how to keep the island’s terrible history from repeating itself.
Book Details:
Page Count: 368
Publish Date: August 4, 2026
Audiobook: 11 hours, 33 minutes. Read by full cast including the author, Maggie Grace, Patricia Santomasso, and Erin LinLocation:
Rift Wine Bar & Tap
Selection of wines and beers by the glass. Also bottles are for sale. Food trucks or bring your own food.After Book Club
Food & Drinks at Dodo Bird Kitchen + Cocktails17 attendees
LWS Oct Halloween Party + Book Club 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Mise en place, 13610 North Scottsdale Road, Ste. 14, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254, United States,, Scottsdale, CA, USIT'S HERE!!! THE BIGGEST BOOK CLUB EVENT OF THE YEAR!! OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY + BOOK CLUB!!!
Spooky season is upon us and since we always have seven nominations, this month's theme is THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.
THE VOTES ARE IN and the winner is....
SIN #2 - GREED
'Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism' by Sarah Wynn Williams#1 New York Times Bestseller
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!
“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods." -Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
“When one of the world’s most powerful media companies tries to snuff out a book — amid other alarming attacks on free speech in America like this — it’s time to pull out all the stops.” –Ron Charles, The Washington Post
BOOK SUMMARY:
Sarah Wynn-Williams joined Facebook believing the company could change things for the better. Instead, what she encountered over seven years was so shocking that Meta obtained a legal order to silence her.
Now you can read her award-winning story. Candid and entertaining, Wynn-Williams’ account pulls back the curtain on Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the global elite. She exposes the true cost of Silicon Valley’s ambition, from outrageous schemes cooked up on private jets to the alarming consequences of Facebook’s aggressive pursuit of global dominance.
Careless People is an ordinary woman's gripping and darkly funny memoir that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives – and the unchecked power of those who control it. Amazon LinkBOOK DETAILS
Page Count: 400
Publish Date: March 11, 2025
Audiobook: 13 hours, 16 minutes, narrated by the author.Optional Reading and Viewing
Watch: 60 Minutes Australia Full Interview with Sarah Wynn Williams
Watch: British Book Awards Winner - Freedom to Publish Award
Listen: Sarah Wynn-Williams NPR InterviewLocation - Mise En Place
$25 per person curated wine tasting with the owner, Lynn. Lynn will pour 4 wines from the Silicon Valley area in California and New Zealand (the author's hometown) to coincide with the book!Halloween Party Details
COSTUMES Optional: Come dressed as your favorite literary character. This can be any character or inanimate object from literature -- think the tree from the Giving Tree, Harold's Purple Crayon. Think of all the movies and tv shows that were originally books, all genres - adult and children! So many options! Can't wait to see what you choose!
CANDY POTLUCK If you'd like to contribute to our candy/treat potluck, I'll be releasing a list of types of candies/confectionaries we need for the tasting, days prior, so stay tuned!
AFTER PARTY
The Beverly On Main , Old Town Scottsdale39 attendees
Past events
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