A Taste for Wine

<B>A complete home wine tasting course, from the basics of grapes to blind tasting, from celebrated wine critic and educator, Rose Murray Brown, Master of Wine.</B><BR/><BR/><B>The perfect wine gift for any wine lover, </B><I>A Taste for Wine </I>is a<B> complete home wine-tasting course </B>from<B> award-winning wine critic </B>and educator Rose Murray Brown MW.<BR/><BR/><B>ONE OF <I>THE TIMES </I>BEST BOOKS OF 2025<BR/> ONE OF <I>FORBES' </I>ESSENTIAL WINE AND SPIRIT BOOKS OF 2025<BR/><BR/> 'How do you distil a lifetime of knowledge and learning into 224 pages?...Rather than a dry encylopaedic catalogue of wine grapes and styles, this is a series of masterclasses for the layperson. So you cover all the ground at your own pace - with a glass in hand.'<BR/> Tony Turnbull, <I>The Times</I>, 'Books of the Year 2025'</B><BR/><BR/> - Begin with the key elements of taste, before learning how wine is made and the effect this has on flavor.<BR/> - Familiarize yourself with every significant grape variety and the wine countries of the world, including a complete directory of international wineries to visit.<BR/> - Dive into natural, orange and low-alcohol wines, and enjoy expert at-home food and wine matching.<BR/> - Prepare for a changing world of wine, with features on everything from urban wineries to PiWI grapes.<BR/><BR/><I>A Taste for Wine </I>includes ten step-by-step tasting practices in which to apply your newfound knowledge, interspersed throughout the book:<BR/> 1. Classic Whites<BR/> 2. Classic Reds<BR/> 3. Full, Rich Whites<BR/> 4. Crisp, Delicate Whites<BR/> 5. Soft, Juicy Reds<BR/> 6. Sparkling Wines<BR/> 7. Comparing Sweetness<BR/> 8. Fortified Wines<BR/> 9. Full Rich Reds<BR/> 10. Taste Trends<BR/><BR/><B>'Rose Murray Brown has written a genuinely useful guide to tasting in the no-nonsense vein of Mary Poppins.' - <I>Club Oenoloqique</I></B>