Reading Wine — A Framework for Style, Quality and Judgement
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Wine lovers learn grape varieties, regions, vintages, soils, and an endless vocabulary of aromas. Yet many still feel uncertain when the glass is in front of them. They know many things. They do not always know how those things belong together.
Reading Wine offers a clear framework for turning knowledge into understanding.
Style asks what kind of wine this is. Quality asks how fully it succeeds. The final question—why it is like this—connects what we taste to the grape, the conditions of ripening, and the human choices that shaped it.
Moving from the foundations of tasting to the forces that shape wine, and then through the major wine styles and categories, Jean Charles Viens shows how evidence in the glass can be organised into meaningful evaluation and considered judgement.
Written for students, professionals, and thoughtful wine lovers, Reading Wine is a practical and humane guide to clearer evaluation, fairer judgement, and greater pleasure.
Author: Jean Charles Viens
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 979-12-24332-30-5