Once Upon a Wine (Black Dog Bay Novel) - Softcover

Acclaim for Beth Kendrick's Novels

"[Kendrick] shines in portraying the subtleties of female friendships."--Publishers Weekly

"Flawlessly written."--Chicago Tribune

"Will make readers laugh out loud from page one and sigh from the heart at the end."--*Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author of the Barefoot Bay Series

"Tender, touching, and very funny story."--Ellen Meister, author of Dorothy Parker Drank Here

"The leader of the pack when it comes to fashioning cheekily clever love stories."--Booklist (starred review)

From the “sharp, sassy, [and] surprisingly emotional”* author of In Dog We Trust comes a novel set in the charming seaside town of Black Dog Bay, Delaware...
 
Cammie Breyer needs a big glass of cabernet—her restaurant failed and her chef boyfriend left for a hotter kitchen. Just when she thinks she’s hit rock bottom, her Aunt Ginger calls with a surprise. She’s bought a vineyard—in Delaware. At Ginger’s command, Cammie returns to Black Dog Bay, the seaside town where she spent her childhood summers with her aunt and her cousin, Kat.
 
The three women reunite, determined to succeed. There’s only one little problem: None of them knows the first thing about wine making. And it turns out, owning a vineyard isn’t all wine and roses. It’s dirt, sweat, and desperation. Every day brings financial pitfalls, unruly tourists, romantic dilemmas, and second thoughts.  But even as they struggle, they cultivate hidden talents and new passions. While the grapes ripen under the summer sun, Cammie discovers that love, like wine, is layered, complex, delicious, and worth waiting for...