Just what it says on the box: a history of the women who made alcohol and who drank alcohol throughout history. Loads of interesting nuggets written in a breezy style that keeps you skimming along easily. The perfect pairing with a beach towel and a nice cocktail.

One quibble - the book is arranged chronologically, with each chapter covering a particular time period. Within those chapters O'Meara covers several topics, but skips around between stories, so you're reading about the widow Cliquot in France, then hopping over to Africa to read about beer makers, then back to France, and so forth. Maybe in the finished book there will be some visual clues to break everything up? But it was a bit confusing in the digital copy.