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It's Time for Wine: A Beginner's Guide to Wine Tasting
Are you one of the many people who enjoys a nice glass of wine, but you don’t know much about wine tasting?Do you wish you knew how to savor the flavors and aromas of your favorite wines?Do you want to understand better how wine is made, the grape varieties used, and how to pair the right wine with a meal?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you!This book will explain everything you need to know about wine, winemaking, and wine tasting. It will become your best guide to fully appreciating the wines you love. Specifically, you will discover all about the following ●How to get from grape to great (tasting wine, that is);●How to describe wine using the industry terminology;●The fabulous red, white, fortified, sparkling, and dessert;●The proper way to serve wine;●The health benefits of wine.This book will teach you about all that and more. You’ll be the toast of the town with your new-found knowledge, and that’s not all.You’ll gain a new appreciation for how to fully savor the wine you love, how to identify which wines you prefer, and how to select the proper wine for any occasion.So, if you’re ready to learn more about that magical elixir, pour an appropriately-shaped glass--oh, yes, you’ll learn about that too--of your favorite vino then come on in. The wine’s fine.There’s no better time than right now to learn all about wine--you’ll be the hit at your next dinner party with this wine guide by your side, so get started today!
160 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2020
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February 16, 2021
Great Intro to Wine Tasting for the Rest of Us
I have lived in and near wine countries in both California and Oregon and enjoy an occasional glass. I've never really considered myself anything more than a wine enthusiast who knows what she likes. I'm certainly not educated in “wine talk” or the ins-and-outs of wine tasting. Actually, when I visited wineries, I've never really tasted what the handy placard tells me I *should* be tasting (e.g., nectarine, leather) when quaffing a particular wine. This book gives me hope that I will learn a bit more about how to truly discern and appreciate these details. She goes into a surprising amount of detail in this book, looking at different types of wines, wine-producing regions, and what one typically tastes for a particular wine. She also shares proper wine tasting, how to choose a bottle to pair with food, and wine lingo. She has a few illustrations, which I always appreciate. I have a few bottles of reds, whites, and dessert wines from different countries hanging out around here now. I think I'm going to do further study of this book and see if I pick up the finer notes of these wines after reading this book. If you like to drink wine but don't really consider yourself knowledgeable enough to discuss it with others who enjoy wine, this book could help you step up your game and appreciate what you drink more. And, hey, learning is fun if wine is involved—which it has to be if what you're learning about is wine!
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
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I have lived in and near wine countries in both California and Oregon and enjoy an occasional glass. I've never really considered myself anything more than a wine enthusiast who knows what she likes. I'm certainly not educated in “wine talk” or the ins-and-outs of wine tasting. Actually, when I visited wineries, I've never really tasted what the handy placard tells me I *should* be tasting (e.g., nectarine, leather) when quaffing a particular wine. This book gives me hope that I will learn a bit more about how to truly discern and appreciate these details. She goes into a surprising amount of detail in this book, looking at different types of wines, wine-producing regions, and what one typically tastes for a particular wine. She also shares proper wine tasting, how to choose a bottle to pair with food, and wine lingo. She has a few illustrations, which I always appreciate. I have a few bottles of reds, whites, and dessert wines from different countries hanging out around here now. I think I'm going to do further study of this book and see if I pick up the finer notes of these wines after reading this book. If you like to drink wine but don't really consider yourself knowledgeable enough to discuss it with others who enjoy wine, this book could help you step up your game and appreciate what you drink more. And, hey, learning is fun if wine is involved—which it has to be if what you're learning about is wine!
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
March 18, 2021
Having recently read Ellen Blair’s excellent I Like It Red, I decided to have a look at her other offering, It’s Time for Wine. I still know very little about wine (apart from what I like), but I now know more than I did before reading I Like It Red, so I thought I could build on that with the second book.
Once more, the author is thorough in the level of detail supplied; the processes of tending the vines and growing the grapes, harvesting, pressing and fermenting them. There’s an abridged history of wine in the world and a run-through of the grape varieties; a mind-boggling amount of these latter, so maybe best to look at those you know and augment your knowledge by experimenting with others (by drinking them). The various wine-growing regions of the world are detailed, and there are some surprises in there; who knew that Mexico and Canada made wine (apart from Mexicans and Canadians, obviously)? I was pleased that I know the largely-unknown Greek varieties of grapes and wines, through extensive research undertaken during many travels there.
As to Old World versus New World wines, it was interesting to discover that the former are named for the region in which they are produced, whilst in the latter they are named for the grape which produced them. You live and learn; and there is much to learn from this handy little text. The terminology of the character of grapes and the flavours characteristic of the various types; I was pleased to see my favourites, Gewurztraminer and Viognier, in here. Red, white, fortified, sparkling, dessert … the list goes on. As I could, on how to improve your palate (I need to work on that) and appreciate wine through smell as well as taste, the etiquette of wine tasting, corks, glasses, the health benefits of wine …
Enough! You get the idea, and should read it for yourself. If it’s not enough, there is as always a list of sources used by the excellent Ms Blair.
Once more, the author is thorough in the level of detail supplied; the processes of tending the vines and growing the grapes, harvesting, pressing and fermenting them. There’s an abridged history of wine in the world and a run-through of the grape varieties; a mind-boggling amount of these latter, so maybe best to look at those you know and augment your knowledge by experimenting with others (by drinking them). The various wine-growing regions of the world are detailed, and there are some surprises in there; who knew that Mexico and Canada made wine (apart from Mexicans and Canadians, obviously)? I was pleased that I know the largely-unknown Greek varieties of grapes and wines, through extensive research undertaken during many travels there.
As to Old World versus New World wines, it was interesting to discover that the former are named for the region in which they are produced, whilst in the latter they are named for the grape which produced them. You live and learn; and there is much to learn from this handy little text. The terminology of the character of grapes and the flavours characteristic of the various types; I was pleased to see my favourites, Gewurztraminer and Viognier, in here. Red, white, fortified, sparkling, dessert … the list goes on. As I could, on how to improve your palate (I need to work on that) and appreciate wine through smell as well as taste, the etiquette of wine tasting, corks, glasses, the health benefits of wine …
Enough! You get the idea, and should read it for yourself. If it’s not enough, there is as always a list of sources used by the excellent Ms Blair.
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