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Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney


McInerney is a columnist at AIR MAIL, where he writes about social drinking. He is the author of several books, including the novel Bright Lights, Big City and the Calloway quartet. He splits his time between New York, the Hamptons, and Malibu.

The New Capital of Chardonnay

Long known for its Pinot Noirs, Oregon’s Willamette Valley is unexpectedly producing some of the world’s finest Chardonnays. Our columnist charts the white-wine revolution out West

Bright Lights, Big Vintage

In his debut column for AIR MAIL, which will cover all manner of drinking and partying, Jay McInerney sets the scene of a dinner at the Odeon in celebration of his last Calloway novel—magnums of Meursault, six-liter bottles of first-growth Bordeaux, and all

House of the Spirits