Wine Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide
Many good books for the beginning wine drinker appear each year, and most go out of print shortly afterwards. Wine Basics was first published in 1993, and since then it has gone through a new printing almost annually. During its 13 years in print, this book has become a standard title in the literature for people who want to understand wine.
Although other wine books often do an admirable job of leading the reader through scores of grape varieties and numerous vineyard regions around the world, Wine Basics is the only one which prepares you to get the most from these others by focusing exclusively on wine's fundamental aspects—how it is made, how to taste it, how to buy it, how to serve it. In short, on practically every page it is possible for you to find information that will directly enhance your understanding and pleasure for whatever wine you have in your glass, regardless of the grape which produced it or the country it is from.
Wine Basics is not the only wine book you will ever need. It is the book that will give you the necessary foundation to make sense of all the others.
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Wine Basics has been adopted by wine tasting clubs, hospitality management programs and cooking schools around the world. Information on bulk sales is available here.
Here is the rare, general guide to wine that could serve as bedside reading. It's chock full of useful information presented in a simple, easy-to-understand way without posturing or jargon—no mean accomplishment in a field where pedantic prose is far too prevalent…. It's a great beginning for any aspiring wine drinker.
Wine & Spirits Magazine
I found the information and point-of-view on target for consumers who know virtually nothing about wine. Such books are rare…. Moreover, the tone of the writing is especially refreshing. It is simple, direct, and most importantly, without an attitude. This is the book to recommend to your novice customers.
Beverage Business
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