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December 13, 2024Eric Asimov best wine books of 2024
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Each year another book arrives purporting to teach novice wine drinkers all they need to know to maximise their pleasure. Their approaches are often interchangeable. I often find them a yawn. But this book is different.
Kelli A. White is a longtime sommelier who is also a terrific writer, unpretentious yet wise and conversational, as if you’re sitting across a kitchen table with a couple of glasses, enjoying an afternoon. She manages the winning trick of being both authoritative and self-deprecating.
For White, what’s most important is developing a comfortable confidence in your own taste and preferences. She has no use for the pedantic rigidity that often characterises such guides or the dumbing down of what really is a complicated subject. Instead, she focuses on what’s essential to know as a beginner, leaving the more esoteric material for later.
She does not reinvent the wheel. Much of what she presents is conventional wisdom about tasting and drinking, serving and enjoying, production and history. But she is selective, retaining the important bits and dismissing the fussy nonsense with engaging wit and style. For those becoming interested in wine but unsure of how to proceed, this is a terrific book.
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/life...
Each year another book arrives purporting to teach novice wine drinkers all they need to know to maximise their pleasure. Their approaches are often interchangeable. I often find them a yawn. But this book is different.
Kelli A. White is a longtime sommelier who is also a terrific writer, unpretentious yet wise and conversational, as if you’re sitting across a kitchen table with a couple of glasses, enjoying an afternoon. She manages the winning trick of being both authoritative and self-deprecating.
For White, what’s most important is developing a comfortable confidence in your own taste and preferences. She has no use for the pedantic rigidity that often characterises such guides or the dumbing down of what really is a complicated subject. Instead, she focuses on what’s essential to know as a beginner, leaving the more esoteric material for later.
She does not reinvent the wheel. Much of what she presents is conventional wisdom about tasting and drinking, serving and enjoying, production and history. But she is selective, retaining the important bits and dismissing the fussy nonsense with engaging wit and style. For those becoming interested in wine but unsure of how to proceed, this is a terrific book.
March 25, 2025
Great read!
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