The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting, second edition - Softcover

Neel Burton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 099291275X ISBN 13: 9780992912758

Publisher: Acheron Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book is for all those seeking to acquire a deep and systematic appreciation and understanding of wine, whether for exams, work, or pleasure. It outlines a simple yet robust framework for analyzing wine as objectively as possible, and provides all the background knowledge that you need to interpret your findings, covering everything from grape varieties and vineyard management to winemaking techniques and the world's most important wine styles. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular 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 amateur and competitive blind tasters, students on higher-level wine courses, sommeliers, and anyone else who buys, sells, or recommends wine.

A rigorous, highly focused, well-honed bootcamp manual (Bible might be a better word) for the likes of WSET diploma students, MW students, Master Sommelier students, and anyone else who thinks that blind tasting competitions are a riot. --Tamlyn Currin for JancisRobinson.com

About this title

About the Author

Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, writer, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Acheron Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 099291275X
• ISBN 13: 9780992912758
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 324