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| The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine: An Entertaining Companion for Tasting It, Ordering It and Enjoying It | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Rosen
Publisher: Clerisy Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 138611
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1578602777
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.220207
EAN: 9781578602773
ASIN: 1578602777
Publication Date: September 7, 2006
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 Even better than the first August 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jennifer Rosen has outdone herself with her latest iteration on wines and unraveling the mystique surrounding them. In my opinion, it is even better and more humorous than her first book. I find myself referring to it again and again. Well worth the cost.
A Fun Read May 15, 2007
Humorous but also lots of good information. Basically a collection of her newpaper columns.
Unorthodox Wine Lover's Guide January 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the easiest and funniest writer about wine west of the Hudson! She has been hanging around grapes and writing for the Rocky Mountain News longer than most wine writers and has stomped on grapes and a few inflated heads of others who talk and write about wine. This is a 200 page booklet that will satisfy those just beginning and even those who think they are aficionados! An example of her wit and not taking any of the business of wine too seriously is her chapter (I think all are articles which have appeared in the News) on dessert wines: "Just Desserts, Cressing The Bellybutton." You may think this review sounds like I know Jennifer Rosen, but I have never met her. But, I have been in the high-end restaurant business in Chicago and Florida for 25 years, and know a good thing when I read it!
An excellent and enthusiastically recommended giftbook for wine lovers of all seasons. January 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Award-winning wine writer Jennifer Rosen presents The Cork Jester's Guide To Wine: An Entertaining Companion For Tasting It, Ordering It, and Enjoying It, a thoroughly accessible guide to the joy of savoring fine wine for readers of all culinary backgrounds. From how to recognize and distinguish the basic characteristics of wine, to important considerations when storing wine, to how to read and recognize what the nuances of the label say about a potential wine choice and much more, The Cork Jester's Guide To Wine offers savvy advice with wry insights topped off with chuckle-inducing tidbits. An excellent and enthusiastically recommended giftbook for wine lovers of all seasons.
A very funny vintage January 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jennifer Rosen's latest book is wonderful . . . unless you prefer your wine writing to be stilted, boring, stuffy, and hidebound. She writes much more about the experience of wine than trying to pin it down with odd and obscure flavour and scent descriptions. That, plus her off-the-wall sense of humour make this one of my favourite wine books.
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