Michael Steinberger

Bold and opinionated, Michael Steinberger’s approach to wine writing is as satisfying as a big glass of the finest French Bordeaux.

Gary Vaynerchuk, the social media expert and bestselling author, has called Michael, "My favorite wine writer."

Michael is a tastemaker whose opinions reverberate on both sides of the Atlantic. But neither his expertise nor his influence is limited to the rarified world of the wine connoisseur. Michael is a journalist and astute cultural observer as well. In his first book, Au Revoir To All That, he has taken on the formerly-hallowed French food culture, charting its rise, fall, and possible future, all set against the backdrop of that nation’s diminished fortunes as a world power.

Au Revoir To All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France

"Au Revoir To All That is a fascinating and knowledgeable valedictory to the greatest food and wine culture the world has ever known. Michael Steinberger is a great gourmand and a great storyteller, and he will make you care about the fate of camembert and other endangered traditions." — Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City, A Hedonist in the Cellar, and Bacchus & Me

"Most books on food and wine are misty-eyed memoirs of great meals and happy times. Michael Steinberger's book is different; he is trying to understand the decline and fall of France as the center of the world's great cuisine. . . intelligent, interesting and complicated. You will have to read the book to get it— and you will read it with much pleasure." — Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and author of The Post-American World

Michael blogs about wine at WineDiarist.com, offering an insider perspective and a satirist’s eye on wine culture. He also tweets on the subject @WineDiarist.

He has contributed to numerous publications including The New York Times, Saveur, Financial Times, The Economist, Food & Wine, New York Magazine, Wine Spectator, The World of Fine Wine, and Sommelier Journal. He has previously worked as a Hong Kong correspondent for Maclean's.

Michael has appeared on NPR’s Marketplace and has been featured on Morning Edition.

Credentials

Contributing writer for The Financial Times Blogger on WineDiarist.com Author, Au Revoir To All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France