How to Taste Wine (Paperback)

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The art of wine tasting invites you to get to know a supreme pleasure of the world of the senses and the realm of the spirit. It's partly about value--identifying the quality of a wine so you never overpay at a restaurant or in stocking your own cellar. But, wine tasting is also about learning the difference between a good wine and a great one. Most important is the pleasure of taking a sip and knowing the story of where a wine came from, how its grapes were grown, the techniques used to make it, and how it can promise to provide an unforgettable evening. The quick course comes with instructions and exercises that train you in what to look for. Vocabulary tips are accompanied by "Tasting Briefs"--practical advice on everything from choosing wines with food to using all your senses of smell, taste, touch, sight, and even hearing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Cassell; illustrated edition edition (October 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0304364088
• ISBN-13: 978-0304364084
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,236,035 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Guide to Wine Tasting, February 24, 2008

By	Mark Vincent (Framingham, MA USA) - See all my reviews

For any reader seeking to learn about wine tasting, you're in luck because there a dozen or more books available on this topic and this particular book is an excellent one.

The book is well organized and nicely covers all of the basics in appraising a wine. After first describing how to approach and evaluate a wine from the perspective of its appearance, aromas and taste on the palate, the book then offers insights into putting this knowledge into practice with different types of wine. Subsequent, brief (2 to 4 pages each) sections cover: tasting Young white wines; White wines for laying down; Red wines; Young red wines; Aged red wines; Rose wines, Sweet wines; Vin janes; Sparkling wines and other kinds of wines. But, it doesn't stop there; it offers tasting insights for armagnac, cognac, malt whiskey, and rum, each in its own sections.

Most books on wine tasting are written for the average consumer, with a small number diving into the topic much more extensively, written mainly for wine professionals. This book is clearly written for the wine consumer, although it offers some insights a professional would likely find worthy and useful.

While I rated it 5 stars, my true rating for this book is 4.5. It's not the perfect book on wine tasting, however, it is an excellent one and most readers would learn a lot, likely everything they need to know, from this book. I highlight all books I read and this one ended up with a lot of highlighting, a characteristic I find very indicative of a book's merit in hindsight. Highly recommended.

Mark Vincent

5.0 out of 5 stars Contents, February 8, 2009

By	Richard Yoon - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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