This book is a practical guide to blind wine tasting which will help wine lovers increase their knowledge and improve their blind tasting skills. The book offers detailed descriptions of the key attributes of major grape varieties and wine producing regions, and argues that assessing a wine's structure - acid structure in white wines and tannin structure in red wines - is a more reliable indicator of a wine's identity than the traditional reliance on flavour.

Beyond Flavour is a practical guide to blind wine tasting which will help wine lovers increase their knowledge and improve their blind tasting skills. The book offers detailed descriptions of the key attributes of major grape varieties and wine producing regions, and argues that assessing a wine's structure - acid structure in white wines and tannin structure in red wines - is a more reliable indicator of a wine's identity than the traditional reliance on flavour. Beyond Flavour includes analysis of wine style by country and region; descriptions of recent vintages for classic European origins; and tips for blind tasting exams. Beyond Flavour is an indispensable guide to blind wine tasting for wine students, professionals and others seriously interested in understanding why wines taste like they do.

Wine is a creative work of art that requires a measure of skill and knowledge to be fully appreciated. This book will provide you with the expertise necessary to evaluate and fully enjoy a wine. It is designed for individuals who are seriously interested in becoming competent wine tasters. This is a unique book. There is not another book in the marketplace that will furnish you with such an extensive spectrum of information regarding the art of wine tasting. After reading this book you will discover a new way to envision wine—one that utilizes your senses of sight, taste, smell, and feel. You will be able to evaluate a wine on its merits rather than relying on pure sybaritic sentiments. This new insight into the artistry of wine will bring you great satisfaction and many hours of pleasure, and wine will become an important part of your life. A chapter dealing with matching wine with food will show you how simple it is to make wine-food pairings once you have a solid understanding about the nature of wine.

Are you a fan of wine? Often find yourself scouring alcohol stores for new flavors to experiment with? Do you value wine for more than its intoxicating effect? In that case, this is the book for you. You will learn how to properly host wine tasting parties, social events dominated by the consumption of wine not for intoxication, but for the knowledge of the different processes preceding the final product and how each of those individual processes ?as well as circumstances ?contribute to the flavor of the wine. Not only will you learn how to identify properties of wine based only on sight, but you'll learn to truly appreciate the beverage for what it is, not what it does.

This book is for all those seeking to acquire a deep and systematic appreciation and understanding of wine, whether for exams, work, or pleasure. It outlines a simple yet robust framework for analyzing wine as objectively as possible, and provides all the background knowledge that you need to interpret your findings, covering everything from grape varieties and vineyard management to winemaking techniques and the world's most important wine styles. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular wine is unique and different from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways is Pauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and in what ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or the Nahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? This book is dedicated to all wine lovers, and should prove particularly useful to amateur and competitive blind tasters, students on higher-level wine courses, sommeliers, and anyone else who buys, sells, or recommends wine.

All the major wine styles and regions are covered in the new third edition of this clear and concise primer, together with notes on the history of wine, winemaking, and blind tasting.

This book offers a unique perspective on wine tasting. If you have tasted wine and have decided to take a trip to the wineries to see if you "get It," this is the book for you. In a series of related stories, you are given the foundation to enjoy wine tasting by understanding the right questions to ask and allowing yourself the comfort and knowledge to get the most out of tasting at a winery tasting room. This book eliminates the uncertainties that make you fear you may say or do the wrong thing. It provides a solid foundation to begin your journey into the adventurous world of wine.

First published Macdonald, 1987. Peynaud provides a complete examination of the process and practice of tasting wine, the essential element in evaluating a wine's quality