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Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as wine)
avg rating 3.97 — 16,189 ratings — published 2017
World Atlas of Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 159 times as wine)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,410 ratings — published 1971
The Wine Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as wine)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,506 ratings — published
Wine Folly: Magnum Edition: The Master Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as wine)
avg rating 4.58 — 2,380 ratings — published 2018
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as wine)
avg rating 3.56 — 8,462 ratings — published 2008
Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as wine)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,136 ratings — published 2001
Adventures on the Wine Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as wine)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,961 ratings — published 1988
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as wine)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,471 ratings — published 1985
The Oxford Companion to Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as wine)
avg rating 4.52 — 711 ratings — published 1994
Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as wine)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,005 ratings — published 2015
Wine Simple: A Totally Approachable Guide from a World-Class Sommelier (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 69 times as wine)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,599 ratings — published
Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as wine)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,547 ratings — published 2005
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as wine)
avg rating 3.54 — 9,992 ratings — published 2008
The 24-Hour Wine Expert (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as wine)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,621 ratings — published 2016
Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as wine)
avg rating 4.04 — 477 ratings — published 2010
The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as wine)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,183 ratings — published 2017
The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as wine)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,996 ratings — published 2007
Wine Grapes: A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as wine)
avg rating 4.71 — 188 ratings — published 2012
A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as wine)
avg rating 3.62 — 590 ratings — published 2005
The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as wine)
avg rating 4.41 — 246 ratings — published 2018
The Story of Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as wine)
avg rating 4.20 — 182 ratings — published 1989
The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as wine)
avg rating 4.44 — 285 ratings — published 1987
What to Drink with What You Eat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as wine)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,011 ratings — published 2006
Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as wine)
avg rating 3.55 — 7,609 ratings — published 2020
Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as wine)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,464 ratings — published 2006
Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as wine)
avg rating 3.50 — 1,391 ratings — published 2014
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as wine)
avg rating 3.81 — 34,994 ratings — published 2005
Wine For Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as wine)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,125 ratings — published 1995
Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as wine)
avg rating 4.27 — 341 ratings — published 2002
The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as wine)
avg rating 3.60 — 494 ratings — published 2004
How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as wine)
avg rating 3.88 — 268 ratings — published 2001
Wine for Normal People: A Guide for Real People Who Like Wine, but Not the Snobbery That Goes with It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as wine)
avg rating 4.25 — 421 ratings — published 2019
Understanding Wine Technology: The Science of Wine Explained (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as wine)
avg rating 4.40 — 200 ratings — published 2001
Wine. All the Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as wine)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,723 ratings — published
How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as wine)
avg rating 3.55 — 496 ratings — published 2012
Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as wine)
avg rating 3.57 — 436 ratings — published 2000
Godforsaken Grapes: A Slightly Tipsy Journey through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Underappreciated Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as wine)
avg rating 4.12 — 511 ratings — published 2018
The Lost Vintage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as wine)
avg rating 4.03 — 21,865 ratings — published 2018
Natural Wine: An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines made naturally (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as wine)
avg rating 3.91 — 217 ratings — published 2014
Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as wine)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,369 ratings — published 2015
Champagne: The Essential Guide to the Wines, Producers, and Terroirs of the Iconic Region (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as wine)
avg rating 4.54 — 161 ratings — published
Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as wine)
avg rating 3.90 — 292 ratings — published 2018
The Vintage Caper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as wine)
avg rating 3.44 — 6,296 ratings — published 2009
The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr., and the Reign of American Taste – The Authoritative Biography: 25 Years of Influence and Controversy (P.S.)
by (shelved 23 times as wine)
avg rating 3.70 — 252 ratings — published 2005
Natural Wine for the People: What It Is, Where to Find It, How to Love It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as wine)
avg rating 4.11 — 446 ratings — published
The Taste of Wine: The Art and Science of Wine Appreciation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as wine)
avg rating 4.16 — 61 ratings — published 1980
The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as wine)
avg rating 4.40 — 47 ratings — published 2002
The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as wine)
avg rating 4.23 — 238 ratings — published 2013
The Juice: Vinous Veritas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as wine)
avg rating 3.54 — 368 ratings — published 2012
“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.”
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“Wine and women make wise men dote and forsake God's law and do wrong."
However, the fault is not in the wine, and often not in the woman. The fault is in the one who misuses the wine or the woman or other of God's crations. Even if you get drunk on the wine and through this greed you lapse into lechery, the wine is not to blame but you are, in being unable or unwilling to discipline yourself. And even if you look at a woman and become caught up in her beauty and assent to sin [= adultery; extramarital sex], the woman is not to blame nor is the beauty given her by God to be disparaged: rather, you are to blame for not keeping your heart more clear of wicked thoughts. ... If you feel yourself tempted by the sight of a woman, control your gaze better ... You are free to leave her. Nothing constrains you to commit lechery but your own lecherous heart.”
― Dives and Pauper
However, the fault is not in the wine, and often not in the woman. The fault is in the one who misuses the wine or the woman or other of God's crations. Even if you get drunk on the wine and through this greed you lapse into lechery, the wine is not to blame but you are, in being unable or unwilling to discipline yourself. And even if you look at a woman and become caught up in her beauty and assent to sin [= adultery; extramarital sex], the woman is not to blame nor is the beauty given her by God to be disparaged: rather, you are to blame for not keeping your heart more clear of wicked thoughts. ... If you feel yourself tempted by the sight of a woman, control your gaze better ... You are free to leave her. Nothing constrains you to commit lechery but your own lecherous heart.”
― Dives and Pauper
