Wine Girl

A sommelier's tale of making it in the toxic world of fine dining

Aged thirteen, Victoria James started her first job in a diner in New Jersey.

Aged nineteen, Victoria was serving sugary Cosmopolitans in a restaurant off Broadway.

Aged twenty-one, Victoria was named the US's youngest sommelier, working in Michelin-starred restaurants, serving the finest wines to pair with spectacular foods.

The groping patrons she learned to handle, but behind the scenes, the world of high dining was a mess of fractious relationships and unacknowledged abuse. It would take hitting rock-bottom for Victoria to find her way back to the industry she adores.

Wine Girl is the memoir of a young woman breaking free from her traumatic childhood. It's the story of overcoming the notoriously corrosive restaurant industry, and of the restorative power of a glass of wine with friends.

Povestea unui sommelier despre cum sa ajunga in lumea toxica a mesei rafinate: la varsta de treisprezece ani, Victoria James si-a inceput primul loc de munca intr-o masa din New Jersey. La nouasprezece ani, Victoria servea cosmopolitani cu zahar intr-un restaurant de pe Broadway. In varsta de 21 de ani, Victoria a fost numita cel mai tanar somelier din SUA, care lucreaza in restaurante cu stele Michelin, servind cele mai bune vinuri pentru a se imperechea cu mancaruri spectaculoase. Patronii bajbai pe care i-a invatat sa se descurce, dar in culise, lumea mesei inalte a fost o mizerie de relatii framantate si abuzuri nea recunoscute.