This week, Heather Lundine, Acquisitions and Editor-in-Chief of University of Nebraska Press, introduces her favorite title of the season.

How long have you been with the company?: Almost 5 years

What is the book you are most excited by this season, and how did it come to your attention?: Corkscrewed by Robert Camuto. This came through an agent as a submission for our At Table series

What can you tell us about the author?: Robert is a freelance writer — he does food and travel writing for Washington Post, Wine Spectator, and other great publications. He, his wife, and son moved from Texas to France a few years ago.

Who will enjoy this book?: Wine enthusiasts, francophiles, people who like travel books; it’s really a great book filled with funny and endearing characters, so I think it’s appeal could exceed its genre and topic

What can you tell us about the excerpt published online?: The excerpt comes from the book’s introduction. While it’s a bit different from the body of the work (which is more focused on these interesting, passionate, independent vintners across France who are making very personal, small batch wines), it is a great welcome to the author’s sensibility, humor, and motives.

Corkscrewed by Robert Camuto is available wherever books are sold or from the University of Nebraska Press 800.755.1105 and on the web at www.nebraskapress.unl.edu. Corkscrewed is copyright 2008 by Robert V. Camuto. All rights reserved.