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The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting - Hardcover

Neel Burton; James Flewellen

 
9780956035394: The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0956035396 ISBN 13: 9780956035394
Publisher: Acheron Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book is for all those seeking to acquire a deep and systematic understanding and appreciation of wine, whether for exams, work, or pleasure. It outlines a simple and yet robust framework for analysing wine as objectively as possible, and provides all the background knowledge that you need to interpret and evaluate your findings, covering everything from grape varieties and vineyard management to winemaking techniques and the world's most important wine styles. Neel Burton and James Flewellen aim to provide you with a strong foundation in wine, which you can then build upon with your own, unique tasting experiences. *Winner of a Best in the World Gourmand Award 2015*

From the back cover: This clear and concise primer provides detailed coverage of all the major wine styles and regions, together with notes on the history of wine, viticulture, winemaking, and blind tasting. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a given wine is unique and different from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways is Pauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and in what ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or the Nahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? This book is dedicated to all wine lovers, and should prove particularly useful to competitive blind tasters, higher level and diploma students, winemakers, wine traders, and sommeliers.

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About the Author

Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, writer, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford. James Flewellen is a biophysicist at Oxford University. While still a student, he led the university's blind tasting team to victory in several competitions, most notably the Sciences Po International Tasting (SPIT) and the Varsity Match against Cambridge University. Reporting on the 58th Varsity Match in the Financial Times, Master of Wine Jancis Robinson described him as the most impressive taster of the lot .

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Publisher
Acheron Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0956035396
ISBN 13 
9780956035394
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
376