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