Corkscrew is the highly improbable but occasionally true, tale of a professional wine buyer by Peter Stratford-Bow

This humorous novel follows the exploits of a young English wine buyer as he navigates an unlikely journey around the world of wine while trying to advance his career by any means possible. The author claims there is some truth in his characters and their adventures but if it is even only a small grain of it he is lucky to have survived to pen this story. By reading between the lines you get a glimpse into how some of the wines you find on the shelves of your favorite wine shop get there. The absurd situations the ascending young wine buyer finds himself in are hilarious. The way he extricates himself from them for his benefit will have you shaking your head in disbelief and laughter. I also learned a lot of British slang by reading the book which would have taken me months to pick up working on the docks in the Port of Felixstowe. This book will make you howl and keep you interested from start to finish because there is nothing about the plot, if there is one, that is predictable. Buckle up and hold on because you are in for one wild ride.