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

Neel Burton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0992912784 ISBN 13: 9780992912789

Publisher: Acheron Press, 2018

Synopsis

Who knows more, loves more, and loving more, enjoys more.

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 comprehensive education in wine. The Times Literary Supplement

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

A book that will be of benefit to anyone taking a Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) course in the coming years. Paul O'Doherty for JancisRobinson.com

Splendid, concise, up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate. Clive Coates MW, author of The Wines of Burgundy

Delightful yet sophisticated.  Konstantinos Lazarakis MW, author of The Wines of Greece

About the author

Dr Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the recipient of the Society of Authors Richard Asher Prize, the British Medical Association s Young Authors Award, the Medical Journalists Association Open Book Award, and a Best in the World Gourmand Award. His work has featured in the likes of Aeon, the Spectator, and the Times, and been translated into several languages.

Contents

1. The philosophy of wine

2. The history of wine

3. Principles of viticulture

4. Principles of winemaking

5. The art and science of blind tasting

6. Alsace

7. Burgundy

8. The Rhône

9. Bordeaux

10. The Loire

11. Other notable French regions and appellations

12. Champagne and sparkling wine

13. Germany

14. Austria, Switzerland

15. Hungary

16. Greece

17. Georgia

18. Italy: North-East

19. Italy: North-West

20. Italy: Central

21. Italy: South and Sicily

22. Spain

23. Portugal

24. Port, Madeira, Vin Doux Naturels

25. Sherry, Montilla-Moriles

26. New Zealand

27. Australia

28. South Africa

29. Chile

30. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

31. USA, Canada

Appendices

Glossary

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: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0992912784
• ISBN 13: 9780992912789
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352