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How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine
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Item Description...
Overview
In a revised edition of the wine staple, an award-winning wine expert shares the secrets of her craft, offering readers an accessible, illustrated guide to a wide range of vintages and grape varieties, with updated information on popular wines, winemakers, up-and-coming wine regions, and wine styles. 25,000 first printing.
Publishers Description
What better way to learn about wine than to taste it? Hailed by Jerry Shriver in USA Today as "the woman who makes the wine world gulp when she speaks," Jancis Robinson created in How to Taste a classic for connoisseurs of all levels and the first introduction of its kind to focus on practical tasting exercises. Now fully revised and updated, Robinson's renowned guide proves once again that learning about wine can be just as engaging as drinking it. Written in Robinson's trademark accessible style, the new How to Taste features thoroughly updated vintages and producers as well as up-and-coming wine regions and styles. Incorporating wines that are both easily obtainable and reasonably priced, Robinson's lessons are separated into complementary portions of theory and practice to help you both learn and taste your way to wine expertise. One of the world's best-loved authorities on wine, Robinson explains first how to get the most out of the flavor of your wine and food, and then about specific grapes and the wines themselves. By the time you finish the book, you will have learned how to recognize the most popular grape varieties from Chardonnay and Riesling to Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon, and why a good sparkling wine is always better than cheap champagne. You will discover how to judge sweetness, acidity, and fruitiness as well as the difference between the length and the weight of a wine. You will also be given practical advice for dealing with wine in the real world: how to choose from a wine list, organize your own wine tastings, and pair wines with specific foods. From the armchair to the wine shop and back to the table, How to Taste will transform anyone on any level into a confident connoisseur who can leave faltering sips behind and have fun along the way. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 208
Dimensions: Length: 0.75" Width: 6.75" Height: 9"
Weight: 1.55 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Nov 25, 2008
Publisher Simon & Schuster
ISBN 1416596658
EAN 9781416596653
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 | Great book... Jan 10, 2010 |
| This book is a great start for any person interest in wines; it teaches how to taste wine ( and any food or liquid in that matter) through very good and simple lessons. | | | | Great book! Oct 10, 2009 |
| This book, "How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine" is a wonderful book, full of very useful information to learn about wine and how to appreciate it as well. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to expand their knowledge and appreciation about wine. | | | | Told me everything I never knew about tasting Sep 26, 2009 |
| This is an excellent book! She assumes you know nothing about tasting wine or anything else. She tells how to taste, then goes over the characteristics of white and red wines. She includes a brief chapter on pairing wines with meals. What I like best is that she does not assume that you can learn to taste from a book: she provides very direct and practical exercises to learn how to taste and observe what you're tasting. | | | | Lots of useful information! Mar 6, 2009 |
| This book is very informative at many levels. For the more advanced or enthusiastic wine taster, the in depth detail and suggestions for trying suggested wines are very good. For the less advanced it is not so technical as to be dry. Take what you like (or understand) and go from there. I see myself going back to re-read several sections as my winetasting skills advance. | | |  | me likey Aug 8, 2008 |
| i thought it was a good beginners book. it had plenty of detail about wine (and everything that goes into producing it) without encumbering a neophyte (such as myself) | | | Write your own review about How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine
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