If it happens in a wine cellar, Jeff Smith has done it. As owner-operator of Carte du Vin, the country's leading wine cellar management company, Smith knows his wine. In The Best Cellar, he lays out step-by-step advice on how to buy and sell, how to maintain your collection, and how to prepare a Carte du Vin wine cellar inventory. A must-have book for wine lovers, his adventures in the wine trade make for an insightful and riotously funny read. "(Smith) demystifies much of the pomp and pedantry of the wine trade." -- The New York Times Style Magazine "...a well-written, and fun-to-read guide for anyone with an interest in wine...a MUST-READ." -- Ann Colgin, Colgin Cellars "...everything you need to know about starting a wine cellar, from 100 bottles to 100,000 bottles." -- Don Zacharia, Zachys Wine and Liquor, Inc. "Smith tells all. He keeps no secrets a wake-up call for wine buffs who buy wine for future consumption." -- Larry Lipson in Los Angeles Daily News, May 16, 2006 "The Best Cellar" demystifies much of the pomp and pedantry of the wine trade." -- S.S. Fair, (Smith) cheerfully outlines how to put together a cellar in some detail...and writes entertainingly about picking the right vintage. -- DECANTER Magazine, September 2006 A lighthearted, easy-to-read guide...by affable author Jeff Smith. -- Richard Carleton Hacker, Quarterly Review of Wines, Winter 2006/7 Before finding his calling as a wine impresario, Jeff Smith spent many years as a marketing and talent executive in the entertainment business. In 2002 he decided to channel his lifelong passion for wine into a career by starting Carte du Vin, which has quickly become the country's leading wine cellar management company. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Smith is also the author of the very funny "Life Sentence: The Guy's Survival Guide to Getting Engaged and Married" (Warner Books, 1999) under the name J.D. Smith. He lives in Beverly Hills with his wife Amy and baby daughter Lila. Used Book in Good Condition