A Bartender's Journey Around the World

Once hailed as a genius bartender, Wu Yue lost everything in a carefully plotted betrayal. Disillusioned, he boarded a cruise ship sailing around the world to escape from it all. He had the unique gift of an “empathetic palate,” which let him taste the emotions and memories held in wine. But it also allowed him to see the darkness in people's hearts, so he chose to shut himself away. During the voyage, he met Qi Jing, a documentary filmmaker determined to capture the truth of human life. From an elderly Japanese man seeking the taste of his first love, to a crisis of inheritance at an ancient Italian winery, to souls stirred beneath the Northern Lights... Wu Yue used wine as his medium, blending healing drinks of “Remembrance,” “Reconciliation,” and “Aurora Dreams.” As he brought together the many flavors of the world, he gradually untangled the knots in his own heart...