The Foreign Service Journal, November 2010

N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 0 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 19 ple, but covers hundreds of years of American history through the lens of this single locale. The book begins in 1700, describing the various In- dian tribes living in villages around Sotterley’s current location. Following James Bowles’ purchase of the land, the estate gradually became a tobacco plantation. Over the centuries, Sotterley evolved and changed to keep up with the course of American history, from the War of 1812 to the Civil War and beyond. Ultimately, the estate belonged to the Satterlee fam- ily; Mabel Satterlee Ingalls, the last owner of Sotterley, founded the Sotterley Mansion Foundation. The au- thor clearly feels a deep connection to Sotterley, de- scribing it as “attractive to the eye and soothing to the soul.” And his passion is certainly catching. David Brown served as an FSO for more than 30 years, focusing mostly on Asian affairs. Currently an adjunct professor of Chinese and Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, Brown has published many articles on foreign policy and colonial Maryland. He and his wife, Erna, have three children. Brown is a trustee of Historic Sotterley, and all proceeds from this book will be donated to the organization. Tokaji Wine: Fame, Fate, Tradition Miles Lambert-Gócs, Ambeli Press, 2010, $27.95, hardcover, 269 pages. In Tokaji Wine , Miles Lam- bert-Gócs offers a detailed his- tory of the eponymous wine’s origins and the people who helped spread it across the world. In 1989, oenophiles heralded Tokaji’s re-emergence after four decades in relative obscurity under a communist regime. This book, a labor of love for the author, whose family has roots in the region, is meant to supplant the sketchy ac- counts available to date on Tokaji’s history. The book is encyclopedic, with A-Z entries on four major topics: the people and clans who ruled over Hun- gary and brought Tokaji to prominence, the places that are important in the vintage’s history, Tokaji wine-grow- ing areas in Hungary and a detailed look at the qualities and varieties of the wine. We also learn the history of the Tokaj-Hegyalja re- gion in the former Kingdom of Hungary, where the