ambrosia_and_axes's review against another edition
5.0
Honestly when I was first starting out with wine I wish someone had told me to pick up this book. It is well written, easily approachable, uses standard english instead of jargon and defines things as you go. It also manages to avoid the pitfall of unintentional arrogance that can come through with wine books. Rather than listing off general ideas of what to explore where and leaving the rest up to the reader, specific wines and regions are mentioned. Variation in flavors are mentioned. Winemaking processes that are responsible for flavors rather than the grapes are mentioned. Everyone should read the chapters on red and white before going wine tasting. Wonderful read.
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