Full Description
This book is for all those seeking to acquire a deep andsystematic appreciation and understanding of wine, whether for exams, work, orpleasure. It outlines a simple yet robust framework for analyzing wine as objectivelyas possible, and provides all the background knowledge that you need tointerpret your findings, covering everything from grape varieties and vineyardmanagement to winemaking techniques and the world's most important wine styles.It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular wine is unique anddifferent from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways isPauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and inwhat ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or theNahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? This book is dedicated to all winelovers, and should prove particularly useful to amateur and competitive blindtasters, students on higher-level wine courses, sommeliers, and anyone else whobuys, sells, or recommends wine.
