About us
Hello Wineauxs!
We are a fun group of wine loving, book loving, aged 35+ (like a fine wine) group of people. We would love for you to join us. Here's one of the many activities we have planned each month....
Monthly Book Club - Every month we meet at a local wine shop in Scottsdale where we have a curated wine tasting based on the theme of that month's book. We discuss the book, drink wine, laugh and have fun. I promise you will meet a new friend at this book club!
Buzz Books & Bubbles - This small group spinoff meets once a month at a wine bar as we discuss a buzzy book of the moment (usually a newly released book) while sipping on champagne or you drink of choice. Great for avid readers who want to read more than one book a month.
The Capote Brunch Society - This is a spinoff of our book club where we meet for brunch and like Truman Capote and his swans we discuss a long form article that I provide to you prior to the brunch (think Anna Delvey fake heiress type stories).
Beginning in February 2025 - The Literary Wineaux Society will be a fee-based membership. All new members will receive a 30-day trial. The annual dues are just $10 per year. You can pay via Meetup or you can pay me directly via Venmo, PayPal, Zelle or Apple Cash. and I'll update your membership manually.
Wineaux Rules: please kindly cancel your RSVP ahead of meetup time if unable to make it to allow for the waitlist to open up. Thank you.
Upcoming events
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LWS August Book Club: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi
Mise en place, 13610 North Scottsdale Road, Ste. 14, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254, United States,, Scottsdale, CA, USWe started with planes (falling), took a road trip (travels with charley) got lost (amity) and now our journey is complete with HOME. For August's book club (happening in September!) we will be reading
HOMEGOING by YAA GYASI
Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize
A New York Times 2016 Notable Book
One of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016
NPR's Debut Novel of the Year
One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016
One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016, Winner of 2017 PEN Hemingway award for debut fiction.“Homegoing is an inspiration.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates
***Book Summary
The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day.Effia and Esi are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle’s dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast’s booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread of Homegoing follows Effia’s descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into America. From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of twentieth-century Harlem, right up through the present day, Homegoing makes history visceral, and captures, with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation.
Book Details
Page Count: 320
Publish Date: June 7, 2016
Audiobook: 13 hours, 11 minutes. Narrated by Dominic Hoffamn (James, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store)Additional Reading and Viewing
- WATCH: Interview with Author at Chicago Humanities Festival
- READ: Los Angeles Review of Books Interview with Yaa Gyasi
Location
Mise En Place. Lynn, the owner will curate a Wines of Africa wine tasting inspired by the book. $25 per person for tasting and charcuterie to share.RSVP
Please make sure to update your RSVP ahead of time. Please do not be a no-show to this event. Thank you in advance for your courtesy.33 attendees
Capote Brunch Society: Breakfast with Tiffany at Brasserie Melrose
Brasserie Melrose, 4971 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ, USHello Swans!
Get your mimosa tolerance up! It's another open-minded meeting of the Capote Brunch Society. We'll meet at Brasserie Melrose in Phoenix for Sunday Brunch and discuss a long-form article that I will provide a link to here the Thursday before our meeting (think Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, etc)
Small Flock
This brunch is limited to six swans only.Location
Brasserie Melrose - 4971 N. 7th Avenue, Phoenix
Brunch menu and other bites. Full bar. Check out their **menu! **The restaurant will do separate checks for us.RSVP
Please make sure to update your RSVP ahead of the event, to allow anyone off the waitlist in case there is one. Thank you for your courtesy!What is the Capote Brunch Society?
Inspired by Truman Capote's weekly lunches with his Swans (New York's high society) instead of gossip, we'll indulge in hot-off-the-press human interest stories over a booze-fueled brunch. Always a fun time with great conversation!7 attendees
Past events
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