How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine
Simon and Schuster, October, 2001.
Hardcover, 208 pages.
ISBN: 0743216776
Learning to taste and appreciate a good wine is
not as difficult a skill as one might believe.
So states renowned wine expert and taster
Jancis Robinson, the author of The Oxford Companion
to Wine, certified Master of Wine and star of the
PBS series Jancis Robinson's Wine Course.
How to Taste is a workbook and guidebook in one.
Robinson demystifies the basics of wine:
the different grapes, the regions, the types of wines,
vintage, value and pricing are all covered here in
easy to understand terms. But what makes the book
so special is the virtual tasting course, which any
reader can follow. The practice exercises (which can
be done alone or with a group of friends) build from
the simple comparison of two simple wines, to
the more difficult skills of blind tasting events.
If you follow her instructions and faithfully do
the exercises she suggests, you should be able to
amaze your friends and confound your enemies
with your newly-acquired wine savoir faire.
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This review was published in the Dec. - Jan., 2002 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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