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Thirsty
- Author
- Tom Gilbey
- Narrator
- Tom Gilbey
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 6 November 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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‘I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about things they love – it’s not about showing off how many fancy wine terms I know. The point is to share something I love with someone else in a way that makes them want to love it too.’
Thirsty is the story of Tom Gilbey (The Wine Guy) and his life in wine, a celebration of the bleedin’ beautiful people who make it, and a history of his family’s love affair with winemaking – and let’s be honest, drinking – since the 1800s.
Learn how to:
- read a label (even if you can’t speak the language)
- talk wine without sounding naff
- choose wine in a restaurant
- explain why some wine smells like your granny’s cardigan
Along the way you’ll discover 100 Wine W*nker approved bottles: wines for friendships and long lunches, for autumn afternoons and winter evenings. Whether yours is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Kylie Minogue’s rosé or – God forbid – orange wine, Tom will help you find the good stuff, always.
Let Tom show you how this gloriously gluggable elixir is, at its heart, made to bring pleasure, and that there is no right or wrong to enjoy wine: just go for it.
‘My favourite wine w*nker’ Jack Whitehall
‘Entertaining and engaging’ Helen McGinn of @knackeredmother
© Tom Gilbey 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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'Finally a wine book that's as moreish as my Malbec. I laughed, learned a bit and lapped up a glass of wine or three'
Alan Carr
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An enormously entertaining read
Spectator
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This engaging book…woven with lots of inspiration for the wannabe wine buff, is a significant achievement
Country Life
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[An] entertaining autobiographical book
Daily Telegraph
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Fascinating… There are laugh-out-loud moments, and real excitement and heart in this book… a full-bodied book that’s really got legs
Mail on Sunday
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A vibrant memoir-meets-guide bursting with 100 unforgettable wines and even juicier stories behind them
Cornwall Living
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Details
- Author
- Tom Gilbey
- Narrator
- Tom Gilbey
- Duration
- 7 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 November 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529968682
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Wines, Memoirs, Autobiography: social media / internet celebrities
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.‘I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about things they love – it’s not about showing off how many fancy wine terms I know. The point is to share something I love with someone else in a way that makes them want to love it too.’Thirsty is the story of Tom Gilbey (The Wine Guy) and his life in wine, a celebration of the bleedin’ beautiful people who make it, and a history of his family’s love affair with winemaking – and let’s be honest, drinking – since the 1800s.Learn how to:- read a label (even if you can’t speak the language)- talk wine without sounding naff- choose wine in a restaurant- explain why some wine smells like your granny’s cardiganAlong the way you’ll discover 100 Wine W*nker approved bottles: wines for friendships and long lunches, for autumn afternoons and winter evenings. Whether yours is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Kylie Minogue’s rosé or – God forbid – orange wine, Tom will help you find the good stuff, always.Let Tom show you how this gloriously gluggable elixir is, at its heart, made to bring pleasure, and that there is no right or wrong to enjoy wine: just go for it.‘My favourite wine w*nker’ Jack Whitehall‘Entertaining and engaging’ Helen McGinn of @knackeredmother© Tom Gilbey 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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