Illustrated by the well-known Australian cartoonist Roger Roberts, this charming, pocket-sized book explores the curious realm of wine terminology by creating a pictoral lexicon on the "far side" of a wine world where its language ("barnyard," "exotic nose") is taken literally. Throughout, wine educator Judy Valon gives a serious and solid primer on wine tasting, proper entertaining and serving procedures, and, of course, the functioning definitions of common tasting terms.