A Taste for Wine

A complete home wine tasting course, from the basics of grapes to blind tasting, from celebrated wine critic and educator, Rose Murray Brown, Master of Wine.<BR><BR>The perfect wine gift for any wine lover, A Taste for Wine is a complete home wine-tasting course from award-winning wine critic and educator Rose Murray Brown MW.<BR><BR>ONE OF THE TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2025<BR> ONE OF FORBES' ESSENTIAL WINE AND SPIRIT BOOKS OF 2025<BR><BR> 'How do you distil a lifetime of knowledge and learning into 224 pages?...Rather than a dry encylopaedic catalogue of wine grapes and styles, this is a series of masterclasses for the layperson. So you cover all the ground at your own pace - with a glass in hand.'<BR> Tony Turnbull, The Times, 'Books of the Year 2025'<BR><BR> - Begin with the key elements of taste, before learning how wine is made and the effect this has on flavor.<BR> - Familiarize yourself with every significant grape variety and the wine countries of the world, including a complete directory of international wineries to visit.<BR> - Dive into natural, orange and low-alcohol wines, and enjoy expert at-home food and wine matching.<BR> - Prepare for a changing world of wine, with features on everything from urban wineries to PiWI grapes.<BR><BR>A Taste for Wine includes ten step-by-step tasting practices in which to apply your newfound knowledge, interspersed throughout the book:<BR> 1. Classic Whites<BR> 2. Classic Reds<BR> 3. Full, Rich Whites<BR> 4. Crisp, Delicate Whites<BR> 5. Soft, Juicy Reds<BR> 6. Sparkling Wines<BR> 7. Comparing Sweetness<BR> 8. Fortified Wines<BR> 9. Full Rich Reds<BR> 10. Taste Trends<BR><BR>'Rose Murray Brown has written a genuinely useful guide to tasting in the no-nonsense vein of Mary Poppins.' - Club Oenoloqique