Karen MacNeil, The Wine Bible

This week: Karen MacNeil —author of The Wine Bible, creator of WineSpeed, and founder of Come Over October — on the improbable road from a runaway teenager drinking 89-cent Bulgarian reds to the most decorated wine writer in America.Karen grew up poor in the Nevada desert, ran away at fourteen, and taught herself wine over the cheapest bottles in the shop. She landed in 1970s New York with six dollars, collected 325rejection slips before her first sale, and — to earn a seat tasting with the men who ran wine then — agreed not to speak for six years. She and Jon talk about the book she wished she’d had, why wine education got too standardized, Come Over October, and why wine belongs to well-being and connection, not theabstinence-vs-abuse binary.New episodes Tuesday mornings.