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Wine Tasting (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

by Godfrey Spence (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Teach Yourself Books; Ill edition (28 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340845295
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340845295
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 22.8 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 302,060 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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"an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in wine" -- Burton Mail - 31 May 2003 20030609 "gives a hots of tips for how to graduate from wine novice to connoisseur" -- Brighton Argus - 10 May 03 20030519 does exactly what it says on the cover. An unpretentious, user-friendly guide -- Daily Express

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This full-colour, large-format book takes a radically different approach from the traditional geographical perspective and instead, looks at wines grouped by style: dry whites, medium whites, sweet whites, through to dry reds, sparkling and fortified wines. The advantage of this approach is that the reader can really begin to understand the varieties and tastes of wine and gain the ability to compare similar types of wine. It focuses heavily on practical wine tasting sessions to really encourage the reader to teach themselves the art of wine tasting. These sessions will be guided by the author and enable readers to discover for themselves the differences between the main wine varieties. It is backed by the approval of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, who have agreed to endorse the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An amateur's view, 24 May 2003
This book deserves to become a classic in its genre, and should be standard in the increasing number of wine tasting classes all over the English-speaking world. It's ideal for the beginner,at leats for me, it explains all the basics and destroys a few myths about how to treat your wine. There are checklists for winetasters and a reading list for further study.
The book is built up round 10 "lessons" each looking at one category of wine, 9 of them table wines, for example one on oak-influenced white wines. You can pick up a good deal of information about the characteristics of wines here, but there are sections describing the most basic ones in the first chapter.
The book has some good coloured photos, many just of the fruit types represented in the nose or palate of wines. But why only fruit, not pepper-corns and soap? For me the main lack is a colour chart, because describing colours like ruby and tawny with words is a non-starter. The index is quite good but I'd also like a separate index of wine characteristics other than colour, what is complex in the characteristic "complexity", and what is "balanced tannins", for example.
All in all this book is super value for money.
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