Jancis Robinson's wine tasting workbook

Jancis Robinson's Wine Tasting workbook Taste your way to wine expertise with this unique introduction to the delicious world of wine. If you want to learn about wine while exploring the huge range of wines on offer, then this is the book for you. Master of Wine Jancis Robinson, 'one of the great wine writers of our time' (Tim Atkin, the Observer), has created a wine tasting course based around practical exercises that will guide you from your first faltering sips to confident, well-informed gulps. And how better to learn about wine than by actually drinking it? Clearly divided into theory and practice, this workbook teaches you first how to taste wine and food and then about the grapes and vines themselves. The theory sections provide you with all the information you need before you put into practice the straightforward and enjoyable exercises devised by Jancis, all based on readily available and, in most cases, inexpensive bottles. Learn how to recognize the most popular grape varieties from Chardonnay to Riesling, to Point Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon, and why you should choose a good sparkling wine over a cheap champagne. Explore wines from the New World and discover how to judge sweetness, acidity and fruitiness as well as the difference between the length and weight of a wine. There is advice on choosing from a wine list, setting up and recording your own wine tastings as well as the correct way to spit your sample mouthful, and if you have ever deliberated about which wines to serve with a meal, then help is at hand as Jancis shows you how to identify which wines complement particular food flavours. Innovative, informative and above all fun, Jancis Robinson's Wine Tasting Workbook is designed to be taken with you everywhere - from the armchair to the wine merchant or vineyard, and then back to the table or cellar. It will awaken the wine connoisseur in us all.