HUNTER VALLEY • AUTHOR • WINE WRITER
They buried the truth for forty years.
She found it in a glass.
Wine writer Alex Hartley discovers that certain bottles don’t just hold terroir — they hold memory, identity, and something far more dangerous. A literary thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir.
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FROM THE NOVEL
“She lifted the glass. The wine was old — and the moment it touched her tongue she was no longer in London.”
Quantum Wine: Terroir — Quantum Wine Series Book One · Available now on Amazon
ABOUT GREG
Thirty years in wine. Planted Shiraz in Pokolbin in 2000. CIVC Champagne Professional. Based in the Hunter Valley, where the wine tells better stories than the people.
LATEST WRITING
WINE & PLACE
The 1986 Hunter Semillon and what it taught me about time
CHAMPAGNE
Why terroir is the most misunderstood word in wine
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QUANTUM WINE
Book 2: Effervescence — what I’m writing and why
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THE GREG MINCHER DISPATCH
Wine, place, and what’s in the glass
Monthly dispatches from Pokolbin. The ideas behind the books. What I’m drinking. No noise.