Manufacturer: Neon Press
Learn How to Follow Your Own Instincts and Become the Savviest Wine Picker in Town! Use the skills you already have to find the wines you'll enjoy the most. Want to become a consummate wine consumer effortlessly? Then let J.P. Bary be your guide. Through series of ten engaging conversations, Bary coaches readers through all the steps needed to select, store and serve wines successfully, concentrating on the most common stumbling blocks, pitfalls and sources of confusion and giving practical advice about how to overcome them. Instead of presenting the subject of wine in a categorical fashion, this entertaining book helps you take an intimate look at your own taste preferences and shows you why learning to trust your own instincts is more important than studying diagrams of the tongue or obsessing over aroma wheels. You'll learn how to predict how wines will taste before you drink them and pair them properly--not just with foods, but with people and occasions.No musts - No fuss!Without tables, charts or listings of regions and producers to memorize, or a glossary of definitions to study before you can understand what it says, Bary helps you build all the essential skills you need to develop a personal relationship with wine and become a very savvy consumer. He identifies the most persistent misconceptions and explains how labels, ratings, marketing ploys and even well-intentioned advice can mislead you. He takes the mystery out of wine tasting and explains why most people get confused when they listen to the descriptions given by wine professionals. You'll learn how to read between reviewers' lines and tell whether sommeliers and retailers are being helpful or giving you the runaround. Find out what's missing in all the other wine guidesWhether mind numbingly "complete" or misleadingly "simple," most wine guides treat the subject of wine as a curriculum to be presented topic by topic. Instead, this book recognizes that learning about wine is a process and keeps the focus on the essential information you...