"Essential Winetasting's" step-by-step approach teaches you everything you need to know to taste wine like a professional - from how to look at and smell a wine to how to taste and assess it. The book begins with a clear outline of how to taste. This is followed by a detailed but accessible account of how wine is made and an exploration of every major grape variety and of how its wines differ around the world. Finally comes the real joy of this book - a series of nine practical tastings which illustrate the key differences in wine styles, flavours and quality. Every stage of tasting is illustrated with specially commissioned photography and there are maps of every key wine region.
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £3.00
Trade in Essential Wine Tasting for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £3.00, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Learn more
|
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
-
Seasonal Offer:
This title is part of our Seasonal Offers promotion.
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
Review
"Essential Winetasting is one of those rare books that can serve and stimulate both beginners and experts. If you want to get started - or if you need navigational aid on a wine-odyssey you've already begun - I can't think of a better guide." Richard Erhlich, Independent on Sunday "The most effective winetasting manual ever wrtten." Bill Nesto MW, Beverage Business USA "A beautifully designed and intelligently organised wine primer" The Boston Globe
From the Publisher
Quote taken from a review in The Independent on Sunday 5/11
Richard Erhlich wrote: "Essential Winetasting is one of those rare books that can serve and stimulate both beginners and experts. If you want to get started - or if you need navigational aid on a wine-odyssey you've already begun - I can't think of a better guide." Independent on Sunday 5.11.2000 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Richard Erhlich wrote: "Essential Winetasting is one of those rare books that can serve and stimulate both beginners and experts. If you want to get started - or if you need navigational aid on a wine-odyssey you've already begun - I can't think of a better guide." Independent on Sunday 5.11.2000 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Front Cover | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
For anyone not lucky enough to have attended one of Michael's courses, this serves as an excellent alternative.
Schuster brings his customary eloquence to the printed page and goes further than others toward pinning down some of the less obvious nuances of wines. Reading this book and following its spirit will help anyone to get the most from wine - from Blue Nun to Cheval Blanc. Debunks many widely held myths and misconceptions and encourages objectivity in tasting - a sadly underestimated skill. The tutored tastings are a remarkably effective innovation - how can one resist the urge to reach for that corkscrew?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Gaurav Anand
Format:Paperback
Michael Schuster does and excellent (and methodical) job of explaining the art of wine tasting. Nothing is assumed as the reader is taken through the correct process of tasting wine. This methodical approach is tremendously important and, as a matter of technique, it its application is equally useful to both the novice and the professional.
Michael employs a great specificity of language that will help readers understand exactly how oak, climate, grape variety, soil, and other factors influences the wine. This in turn can raise the readers' awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of wine.
This book has helped me understand wine better, and improved my ability to describe and write about wine. I am a professional Sommelier and a wine writer, and this book has unequivocally helped me in passing blind-tasting exams as well.
I see this book as an essential resource both for wine lovers and for wine professionals, and I recommend it whole-heartedly.
Michael employs a great specificity of language that will help readers understand exactly how oak, climate, grape variety, soil, and other factors influences the wine. This in turn can raise the readers' awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of wine.
This book has helped me understand wine better, and improved my ability to describe and write about wine. I am a professional Sommelier and a wine writer, and this book has unequivocally helped me in passing blind-tasting exams as well.
I see this book as an essential resource both for wine lovers and for wine professionals, and I recommend it whole-heartedly.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
You really don't need to be knowledgeable about wine to be inspired by this book - you just need to enjoy the taste of it! Essential Winetasting is an inspirational read, half way through which you'll be (well I was) tempted to ring up your friends, issue instructions on which wine to bring, and organise an impromptu tasting.
The book educates and informs with a style that's by turns absorbing, entertaining, and hugely educational - importantly, even as a 'novice', I never felt patronised or confused. It's beautifully illustrated throughout - particularly in the section on step by step guided tastings. It's this superb section which 'makes' the book; it allows you to put the knowledge you've just aquired into a practical, tutored context - which in turn ensures that the learning process becomes fun, instinctive and effortless.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 5 reviews
4.6 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for beginners
This is a really well presented book for beginners with loads of information without going overkill whilst still keeping it interesting.
Published 24 days ago by DL
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant!
One of the best book on Wine I have read. Well structured, informative, interesting easy to read. I would advise it to anyone that wishes to understand better the world of wine.
Published 2 months ago by marichiara
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Informative
This is a great book for anyone who is starting to learn more about wine tasting.
It has everything you would expect & a lot more. Read more
It has everything you would expect & a lot more. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Stephen Sutton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book
This book is very well laid out, easy to read and very informative. If you are a beginner, this book is perfect.
Published 10 months ago by Ms Victoria Ritchie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Essential Winestasting
If you are going to write what is, essentially, an introduction to wine tasting, for me the emphasis should be accessibility. Read more
Published 12 months ago by oxfoodblog
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's a course, not a guide
Bought this for my brother-in-law. Was highly recommended on Amazon but I was initially a bit disappointed when I received it because it's not a glossy guide you can particularly... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2011 by bedonewithit
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really good book
Whenever I'm visiting an area in Europe, I use this book to check out the vinyards and grape varieties before I go.
Published on 24 April 2010 by Slogger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Wine Tasting Book
Great wine tasting book for a Christmas present. Very useful and a little more indepth than most other books. Great for the begineer and the avid wine taster.
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by G. Shaw
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real wine knowledge by 'hands on' tastings
Without a doubt the best wine book I have seen. Superbly laid out with easy to follow references. This book teaches practical knowledge on every page which comes to life in step by... Read more
Published on 7 May 2002 by I Wakefield
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
