A Taste for Wine: A New Tasting Masterclass for Wine Lovers [Book]

A complete home tasting course, providing everything you need to know about tasting and appreciating wine, from celebrated wine critic and educator Rose Murray Brown MW. From award-winning wine critic and educator Rose Murray Brown MW comes a complete guide to understanding, tasting and appreciating wine. Chapters include: Beginning to taste: from color, to swirl, sniff, sip and spit; how to serve and store Why does wine taste like this?: from grape profiles to wine regions of the world; what happens in the vineyard and how it affects the wine you drink The vineyard and beyond: natural wine, orange wine, low alcohol; food and wine pairing Taste at home: how should you organize a tasting practice? Includes 10 tasting practices from Classic Whites and the Effect of Age to Full Rich Reds and Sparkling, all complete with Rose's own notes on sight, smell, taste and texture to guide you through. Plus, which wineries should you visit? And what grapes will you be drinking in the future?