Decoding French Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Fruits of the French Terroir

by Andrew Cullen

The wine world is intimidating when you are just starting out. France alone has more than 25,000 wineries and the bottles are labeled with various phrases, regions, vineyards, vintages and classifications, often times with no mention of a grape varietal. How are you possibly to know what to buy, what's inside the bottle, and if you're going to like it? "Decoding French A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Fruits of the French Terroir" is a clear and concise guide written with the singular goal to help early stage wine drinkers navigate and explore the world of French wine. This new third edition of the book takes readers through France's prominent wine regions to uncover the geography, history and wine making practices of each region. Along the way, build a list of high quality, value priced producers to start with, and before you know it, you'll be off exploring and decoding the vast and awesome world of French wine.

Genres: Nonfiction

83 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2012

About the author

Andrew Cullen has authored and co-authored four non-fiction books, including the popular DECODING WINE series, as well as two works of fiction, THE CALLISTO SYMPHONY (2015) and A GENTLE SLAUGHTER OF THE PERFECT KIND (2017).

He is a digital marketer for a global 100 brand, a wine contributor for HuffPost and the founder and editor of CostcoWineBlog.com. His writing and websites have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, The Daily Meal, Southern Living, CNN Money and CBS Moneywatch.

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Give it a shot

When I think about France, my head wants to explode, but this book helped simplify things a bit. Like the author, my wine journey is only just beginning.

[Shannon Koh · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a short introduction to French wine, Cullen covered all the salient points in an easy-to-digest manner that serves as a great reference for beginners.