Making Sense of Wine Tasting

This new and completely updated edition, by one of the wine world's greatest authorities, sets out to teach the reader that wine, like anything else that gives pleasure, can be enjoyed more fully by those who have taken the trouble to learn something about it.The book explains how the sensory system can be trained in order to reach a high level of assessment skill, well within reach of the average wine lover. With the tools given, wine's myriad sensory cues of quality become discernible and the distinct and deep pleasure of wine more accessible to all. It includes foreword by Miguel Torres, expert wine producer.