March 2020 Reading & Tasting

Book

It's been a while since we've indulged in a twisty thriller, so this March we'll be reading The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. It's a rich, dark, haunting story that will keep you in suspense, centering around Libby Jones, who, on her 25th birthday discovers she has inherited an abandoned mansion in a high-end neighborhood. Her life changes drastically from this moment, when she discovers the true identity of her birth parents. 

Wine

A dark story needs a dark wine, right? That's why we're going for one of the darkest grapes out there, Malbec. And while we've focused on Malbec from South America before, we haven't talked about Malbec from France, where some of the deepest, inkiest, purple wines hail from. While Argentinian Malbec is more fruit forward, plummy, and velvety, French Malbec tends to be more savory and tart with a meaty quality. I like to think of it as a brooding wine, and what better wine to pair with this month's read.