What separates a good wine from a great one? Besides the land, it is passion, and in this charmingly illustrated book—winner of the 2020 Gourmand Best in the World Award for wine histories—Laura Catena profiles the very human passions behind twelve of the world's finest wineries. From the "First of the Firsts," Château Lafite Rothschild, to Australia's Hill of Grace—and the vineyards of the author, a fourth generation vintner who succeeded in making Argentinian wines among the best in the world—we meet the families and the people behind the wines, and what inspired them. Each chapter also offers maps and infographics to help explain the unique terroir of each storied vintage.