The Dirty Guide to Wine
Following Flavor from Ground to Glass
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The Dirty Guide to Wine
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Callie Beaulieu
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Still drinking Cabernet after that one bottle you liked five years ago? It can be overwhelming if not intimidating to branch out from your go-to grape, but everyone wants their next wine to be new and exciting. How to choose the right one? Award-winning wine critic Alice Feiring presents an all-new way to look at the world of wine. While grape variety is important, a lot can be learned about wine by looking at the source: the ground in which it grows. A surprising amount of information about a wine's flavor and composition can be gleaned from a region's soil, and this guide makes it simple to find the wines you'll love.
Featuring a foreword by Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier, who contributed her vast knowledge throughout the book, The Dirty Guide to Wine organizes wines not by grape, not by region, not by New or Old World, but by soil. If you enjoy a Chardonnay from Burgundy, you might find the same winning qualities in a deep, red Rioja. Feiring also provides a clarifying account of the traditions and techniques of wine-tasting, demystifying the practice and introducing a whole new way to enjoy wine to sommeliers and novice drinkers alike.
©2017 Alice Feiring (P)2017 TantorCritic Reviews
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- Anonymous User
- 05-08-2020
An interesting look into a soils influence on wine
The book is a good starting reference point to understanding the impact of soil on the taste of a wine. By no means exhaustive, for me it does a good job of covering the major soil types and demystifying the je ne sais quoi of tasting the soil of a vine in the glass. The tasting guide is as good as any and the book certainly added to my enjoyment and understanding of wine. It’s greatest quality is that it now arms me with questions when enjoying a glass of wine, serving to deepen the experience of drinking. It is heavily in favour of organic “natural” wine making so keep that in mind (or perhaps keep your mind open if you’re a fan of conventional wine).
The performance is adequate and does a good job of breathing life into the authors expressive style of writing.
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