You can read about Party Wine here.
It's special to me because it takes place in Piemonte, in the fictional village of Monteleone, which is very strangely like--uncannily like--my cousins' village of Borgofranco d'Ivrea. Do any of the characters bear resemblance to people I met there?
I'd better not say! But if you want to read about Italy, wine, and troublemakers, this might be the right book for you. It's also a lot cheaper than a plane ticket to Italy.....