The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (890 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MZEXJL8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 483 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is the real skinny on cutting-edge California wine from somebody who's on the ground, knows his stuff, and couldn't care less about offending the Establishment." --Matt Kramer, author and columnist for Wine Spectator "Jon Bonne brings a clear-eyed perspective to California; this book offers a fresh look at a mature wine culture heading in surprising directions. Praise for The New California Wine: "The New California Wine delivers some of the most insightful wine writing you'll read anywhere. Its new leaders are all here; its old scams get some brusque treatment, too. Essential, pithy, easy reading." --Hugh Johnson, author of The World Atlas of Wine
He covers wine and other drinks throughout the world for a range of top publications, and is working on a new book, The New French Wine. With more than two decades in journalism, Bonne brings a critical eye and a well-trained palate to the world of wine and food. He is the senior contributing editor at Punch, author of The New California Wine<
This fun, informative, and stylish book will be the ultimate gift for all wine lovers.. Smell the glass before you pour wine in. It really does tell you something. (3) If you've heard of the Champagnes on the list, you're probably paying too much for them. (2) Smell the cork. This highly illustrated, concise, accessible guide to wine, from one of the foremost wine writers in the country covers 101 topics on drinking, buying, storing, and sharing wine--told as very short lessons with highly editorialized illustrations to go along with each. For example: (1) You'll never need to own more than two types of wine glass