What we’re about
Hello Wineauxs!
We are a fun group of wine loving, book loving, aged 35+ (like a fine wine) group of people. We would love for you to join us. Here's one of the many activities we have planned each month....
Monthly Book Club - Every month we meet at a local wine shop in Scottsdale where we have a curated wine tasting based on the theme of that month's book. We discuss the book, drink wine, laugh and have fun. I promise you will meet a new friend at this book club!
Buzz Books & Bubbles - This small group spinoff meets once a month at a wine bar as we discuss a buzzy book of the moment (usually a newly released book) while sipping on champagne or you drink of choice. Great for avid readers who want to read more than one book a month.
The Capote Brunch Society - This is a spinoff of our book club where we meet for brunch and like Truman Capote and his swans we discuss a long form article that I provide to you prior to the brunch (think Anna Delvey fake heiress type stories).
Beginning in February 2025 - The Literary Wineaux Society will be a fee-based membership. All new members will receive a 30-day trial. The annual dues are just $10 per year. You can pay via Meetup or you can pay me directly via Venmo, PayPal, Zelle or Apple Cash. and I'll update your membership manually.
Wineaux Rules: please kindly cancel your RSVP ahead of meetup time if unable to make it to allow for the waitlist to open up. Thank you.
Upcoming events
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Capote Brunch Society - "Breakfast with Tiffany" at Sophie's PHX
Sophia's A Brunch Counter, 336 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, USIt's another meeting of the Capote Brunch Society!
Inspired by Truman Capote and his Swans as they lunched and gossiped at swanky spots in NYC, we'll meet to discuss a hot topic, thought-provoking long-form article (I'll send you the article the Thursday before we meet).
Meeting Spot: NEW in Town! ... Sophia's - A Brunch Counter
Note: This is a modern diner-style spot, with no reservations. You order your brunch at the counter. I'll get there early to snag us a spot. Anyone who would like to join me early to help save a seat would be awesome! :)6 attendees
LWS January Book Club: 'Count My Lies' by Sophie Stava
Mise en place, 13610 North Scottsdale Road, Ste. 14, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254, United States,, Scottsdale, CA, USHappy 2026!!!
Our first book club of the year, and we're starting off with wonderful randomness! Our theme for January is ....THE NANNY DIARIES - You voted and the January LWS Book Club Selection is...
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'Count My Lies' by Sophia Stava . Amazon Link.
“The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page.” —Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies
- A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
- SOON TO BE A HULU TELEVISION SERIES STARRING LINDSAY LOHAN, KIT HARRINGTON, AND SHAILENE WOODLEY
A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave.
Sloane Caraway is a liar.
Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.
So, when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself—she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl’s foot.
With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart—the perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.
But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.
The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins an “utterly gripping and unputdownable” (Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.
Careful what you lie for.
BOOK DETAILS:
Page Count: 336 pages
Published: March 4, 2025
Audiobook: 10 hours, 49 minutes. Narrated by Andrew Eiden (The Perfect Marriage), Devon Sorvari (The Gallery Assistant), Emily Tremaine (The Cloisters)
Location:
Wine Tasting at Mise En Place. $25 p/person includes 4+ wines and light charcuterie bites.
Please update your RSVP if you are unable to make it!38 attendees
Buzz Books & Bubbles: 'The First Time I Saw Him' by Laura Dave
Phoenix Wine, 8658 East Shea Blvd Suite 180, Scottsdale, AZ, USIt's the first Buzz Books & Bubbles of the Year and I don't have a crystal ball to tell what will be buzzing in January - I'll take a safe bet it will be ,...
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave.
This book is a sequel to "The Last Thing He Told Me". You should have enough time between now and January 30 meeting to either read this book or watch the Apple TV+ series of the same name that stars Jennifer Garner. The series adaptation is a true adaptation of the novel as it was written by the author's husband, Oscar-winning screenwriter Josh Singer (Spotlight, The Post).
I don't think you need to read the book or watch the series (it would help), just be familiar with the first story ahead of time.
The series is currently streaming on Apple TV, and Season 2, which will coincide with this second novel, will premiere on Apple TV on February 20.
Synopsis: (note: spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the series or read the first book)
The First Time I Saw Him
- Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety—and finds there just might be one way back to Owen.. Amazon Link
Page Count: 288 Pages
Publish Date: January 6, 2026
Audiobook: 7 hours, 16 minutes (read by author)
Location: Phoenix Wine of Scottsdale at 6pm
I love this place. They have good prices on wines by the bottle and personal or shareable charcuterie boards. You can purchase wines by the glass or bottle, they will cork the bottle for you to take home. The staff is awesome, too.
RSVPs
This is a small group book club, just 8 people, so please check your RSVP and update it in case you are unable to make it.13 attendees
Past events
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