A Wine Lover's Journal [Hardcover]

Whitecap Books (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

This essential book takes the mystery out of buying, enjoying, and storing wine. Whether a seasoned connoisseur or a novice taster, any lover of spirits is sure to find "A Wine Lover's Journal"--with its definitions of wine terminology, methods for opening and serving wine, and food complement guide--a useful reference. Line drawings.

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About the Author

Founded in 1977, Whitecap Books has grown to become one of the top ten Canadian-owned book publishing and distribution companies. During the 1970s and early 1980s Whitecap made a name for itself as Canada's foremost producer of full-color gift and coffee table books on Canadian provinces, cities, and natural wonders. The company continues to publish in this area and has launched a 27-book series on Canada and 36 books in the America Series.

Whitecap's list of titles currently consists of more than 300 Canadian-originated titles and more than 1,000 agency listed titles. Whitecap is known for its expertise in the cookbook market. Since 1984, Whitecap has been responsible for some of the most innovative and familiar titles that can be found in kitchens across North America today. In addition to cookery, Whitecap publishes and distributes books on gardening and crafts, photo-scenic, history, arts and entertainment, children's fiction and non-fiction, travel, sports and transportation books.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Whitecap Books (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551107694
• ISBN-13: 978-1551107691
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,953,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The labels just don't fit!, August 5, 2005

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Dena C. Abdallah - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Wine Lover's Journal (Hardcover)

While this is a great book to journal your cellar, winery visits, etc., the pages are too small to hold most wine labels. I found that many of the labels I had saved took up almost an entire page which made the book useless. Next time, they need to make the book quite a bit larger.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like it, October 27, 2005

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T. C. "C158" (So Cal USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Wine Lover's Journal (Hardcover)

This journal is good for the home bound wine lover, it has a place to paste the wine label,(if you can get it off)but it is big. I like that you can choose to put weather it is red or white because red is favored in our household so the other journal's pages would have gone to waste. It has some usefull info inside too. I like it a lot, but it is not one you would take to a restaurant or tasting, it is just a lil too bulky for that.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The perfect wine journal, July 24, 2008

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Charleen Merced (Stamford, CT and sometimes in Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Wine Lover's Journal (Hardcover)

This is the perfect wine journal. It is small and easy to carry, especially when you are visiting wineries. The book contains useful information as well as sections to record wine purchases, visits to wineries and wines tasted. The book is small, so some wine labels do not fit. I just cut the sides a bit to make it fit. The book contains the following sections in a chapter titled "An Introduction to Wine":

Visiting Wine Country
The North American Vintner's Year
How to Taste Wines
Evaluating Wines
Buying Wines
Storing and Serving Wine
Hosting a Wine-Tasting Party

As I mentioned above, the book also contains sections where you fill in the information for Wineries Visited, Cellar Records, Tasting Notes and an extra section for Notes. The Tasting Notes section is my favorite because it gives you space to write your comments about the aromas, taste, body and color of the wine. It also gives you space to write whether the wine was opened for a special occasion and which, who were your guests and with which food the wine was paired with.

Excellent small but functional book.

P.S. The best way to remove labels from a wine bottle is to put it in the oven for 15 minutes (another 15 if needed) (label facing up) and then to peel it out. This melts the glue. The label still has enough glue left to put it in the wine journal without needing any other adhesive devices. Careful! The wine bottle will be hot so use protective gear and do it at your own risk.