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| The New Wine Lover's Companion | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ron Herbst, Sharon Tyler Herbst
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 27710
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 684
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0764120034
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.2203
EAN: 9780764120039
ASIN: 0764120034
Publication Date: October 1, 2003
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Give it 6 stars! August 9, 2004
I too am surprised there are not more reviews on this book. I notice that the first edition (The New Wine Lover's Companion is the second edition) received a 5 star rating from Amazon reviewers. I have the first Wine Lover's Companion and couldn't do without it. This updated version is even better. As the introduction indicates much has been added regarding countries like Australia, Chile, and New Zealand. It also contains more viticultural and winemaking terms and the Appendix section is even better. I was slightly disappointed to see that wine producers had been dropped but I realize that the new book has grown to 667 pages. So I think the authors were right in doing this. This book is packed with information-the owner of a wine bar I frequent is always using it to look up information and so far it has not disappointed. And last but not least are the phonetic pronunciations that exist throughout the book to help those of us who sometimes stumble over some of the foreign terms. Kudos to the Herbsts. I would give the New Wine Lover's Companion 6 stars if that were possible.
I use this book often January 15, 2004
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I am suprised that I am the first to review this book. I bought this book on the recommendation of someone who has been in the wine industry for 19 years. I, too, am in the wine biz and purchased this when I was starting and my knowledge was very limited. This book contains information on all words and terms associated with wine, from the genreal to the specific. It contains definitions for grapes, appellations, technical and scientific terms, wine making terms, etc. It also contains an appendix with useful information such as how to read a label, how to open a bottle, optimal serving temperatures for certain wines, bottle sizes and types, glassware, a wine aroma wheel, French classification systems,statistical tables...just to name some of the topics. Often, I pick up the book and just start flipping through a few pages and read. This book is just as useful to the wine neophyte as it is to a master sommlier. If you have an interest in learning about wine, you really should have this book...the information inside is worth many times the price of this book.
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