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A Taste for Wine: A New Tasting Masterclass for Wine Lovers
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ISBN10: 1840918985
ISBN13: 9781840918984
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.83
Height: 0.95 Width: 7.80 Depth: 9.39
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781840918984
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.83
Height: 0.95 Width: 7.80 Depth: 9.39
Language: English
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. 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. ONE OF THE TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2025
ONE OF FORBES' ESSENTIAL WINE AND SPIRIT BOOKS OF 2025 '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.'
Tony Turnbull, The Times, 'Books of the Year 2025' - Begin with the key elements of taste, before learning how wine is made and the effect this has on flavor.
- Familiarize yourself with every significant grape variety and the wine countries of the world, including a complete directory of international wineries to visit.
- Dive into natural, orange and low-alcohol wines, and enjoy expert at-home food and wine matching.
- Prepare for a changing world of wine, with features on everything from urban wineries to PiWI grapes. A Taste for Wine includes ten step-by-step tasting practices in which to apply your newfound knowledge, interspersed throughout the book:
1. Classic Whites
2. Classic Reds
3. Full, Rich Whites
4. Crisp, Delicate Whites
5. Soft, Juicy Reds
6. Sparkling Wines
7. Comparing Sweetness
8. Fortified Wines
9. Full Rich Reds
10. Taste Trends 'Rose Murray Brown has written a genuinely useful guide to tasting in the no-nonsense vein of Mary Poppins.' - Club Oenoloqique
Tony Turnbull, The Times, 'Books of the Year 2025' - Begin with the key elements of taste, before learning how wine is made and the effect this has on flavor.
- Familiarize yourself with every significant grape variety and the wine countries of the world, including a complete directory of international wineries to visit.
- Dive into natural, orange and low-alcohol wines, and enjoy expert at-home food and wine matching.
- Prepare for a changing world of wine, with features on everything from urban wineries to PiWI grapes. A Taste for Wine includes ten step-by-step tasting practices in which to apply your newfound knowledge, interspersed throughout the book:
1. Classic Whites
2. Classic Reds
3. Full, Rich Whites
4. Crisp, Delicate Whites
5. Soft, Juicy Reds
6. Sparkling Wines
7. Comparing Sweetness
8. Fortified Wines
9. Full Rich Reds
10. Taste Trends 'Rose Murray Brown has written a genuinely useful guide to tasting in the no-nonsense vein of Mary Poppins.' - Club Oenoloqique
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