Pages & Pours: Local Author Event with Renee Ventrice
Schedule
Fri May 08 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA | Leesburg, VA
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If you don't know which wine is a TOXIC EX and which is LOVE AT FIRST SIP, you need this book in your life. Join Birch Tree for a night of wine and literature with local author and sommsational sommelier Renee Ventrice and her book Pour Relationship Choices! Alongside a special reading of her book and an author Q&A, each ticket will include your own signed copy of Pour Relationship Choice and a delicious wine tasting.About the Book
Get ready for the down & dirty details of relationships past… we’re about to get POUR-sonal.
This isn’t your typical memoir. POUR Relationship Choices is part confessional, part self-roast, part cautionary tale and 99.5% completely uncorked truth. Renee serves up raw stories and unfiltered reflections on the relationships that shaped our lives and which wine pairs with each one. From the bad breakups to the biz besties, from “booty call” nights to the love of your life, there’s a li’l POURsonality in every chapter that pairs wine with life.
You pour the wine, Renee spills the tea. Each chapter uncorks the uncanny similarities between the wine in your glass and the people in your life, making it equal parts relatable and ridiculous. You’ll laugh. You’ll cringe. You’ll cry & you’ll drink - but first you've gotta promise: you will NOT text your ex!
You'll view wine through the lens of every day experiences, and just might realize that your palate matures along with your life choices. Whether you are just beginning your exploration of wine, or have decades of "market research" under your belt- this book surprises and delights wine drinkers of all levels, without an ounce of pretention or indecipherable wine superlatives. Pinkies down, bottoms up. Everyone is welcome to raise a glass.
This book is poured straight from the heart. So grab a glass (who am I kidding, grab the bottle!), settle in, and prepare to reflect on & toast to your own POUR choices, one glorious mess or success at a time.
Because sometimes, the best life lessons come with a corkscrew.
About the Author
Renee Ventrice is your favorite Wineaux with zero filter and endless stories. A Navy veteran, Sommelier, award-winning entrepreneur, and natural storyteller- she’s known for turning hot messes into hilarious, relatable life lessons and oversharing at parties.
Renee has been blissfully married to her husband, Don since 1994; his chapter, “Love at First Sip” would accurately be subtitled “The Failed Booty Call.” They have an adult son, Gino, and a Jack Russell Terrier, Beemer- born in 2006 and still kicking as of 2026!
She is the fifth of six siblings, born in Hawaii, raised in Nebraska, and has been writing since winning her first creative writing contest in 1977. She lives for real talk, loud laughter, and conversations that make most people uncomfortable, even when spoken in whispers. Renee’s super powers are being able to cry on request, and assigning wine POURsonalities® wine to people that are uncannily accurate.
POUR Relationship Choices is her debut book that reads like a conversation with an old friend and leaves you anxiously waiting for the next book in the POUR Series.
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