Great Fine Wine
Burgundy for kings, champagne for duchesses, claret for gentlemen.
I have been traveling to Sicily, and in particular the region around Mount Etna for years. One of my great pleasures is to explore, find, drink, and share the wines made on that famous hill. They are distinct, and some manage to capture all the flavor and intensity of living on the side of an active volcano. I recently purchased, The New Wines of Mount Etna and found the book was like a fine Etna Rosso - expressive, suggestive, compelling in start and complete in its finish. Ben takes the...
I think his book is wonderful I am a amateur winemaker so when I started to look for a book, Pambianchi was mentioned on several websites as one you should have. I know other reviews will state a lot more facts but those who rated this a five star or a four star are right on. I have a number of books, hundreds of printed out pages from internet sources and several well written PDF booklets. I think of all the books I have is the best so far. lastly, maybe there are other books which are better and I have not bought those...
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is a very useful and visually appealing resource for budding wine enthusiasts. This book has definitely helped me better understand the French wine labels and make informed choices while buying them. Plus the author has included her recommendations of French wines for gifting which I found super useful. The illustrations by the author are beautifully done and drives home the ideas very well. I highly recommend this book and it is a perfect gift choice...
Italian wine is probably the most difficult wine region in the world to understand. With the 20 regions and hundreds of grape varietals, it can be overwhelming even to wine experts. Most generic wine books touch on Italy briefly and usually only cover the wines of Piemonte and Tuscany. Hidden Gems of Italy tends to give more attention to the southern Italian wine regions which makes this book refreshing. I also like that itâs not an encyclopedia. The author gives you a few regions to begin with...
Incredible It's taken me quite a while to warm to this book. I felt at first I was no match for the amount of information provided. I skimmed through reading reviews of the wines I own and put the book down to collect dust. Since then I have returned, have read from page one to the end of the chapter on Hermitage and now have a newfound appreciation for not only the wines and producers of those wines, but for Learmonth."Batonnage became the chic thing to do during the white's raising, but the...
Molto Buona To be clear, this is a guide to the history and present practice of winemaking in Tuscany and surrounding areas, and of the major wine estates in the area. The author is a Master of Wine, and he does offer opinions on some of the wines (many of them older vintages you can't buy) of each of the producers he covers. But this is not a guide listing hundreds of wines with descriptions and ratings; for that look elsewhere.This is a great overview of how Central Italy became the important...
C. Vanderah Great read if you want to drill down into Brunello Di Montlacino. This is not for generalist. If you're well past wine geekdom 101 and want to get serious about a particular region like Brunello Di Montalcino, this is a must read. I already have three "encylopedia of wine" books that do a decent job of skiming every region on the planet. Lately, I'm prefering to buy and read books that dig more deeply into a particular region I already love like Burgundy or one I want to know a lot more about. I don't think I'm being a wine snob when I say this book is not for casual wine drinkers...
Alberto G. Bertolin These are probably fine.. These are probably fine... as regular glasses. The problem is that I specifically looked for shatter resistant glasses for the patio. It has to stand a reasonable chance of surviving at least one drop. I dont see how "shatterproof" these glasses can be if they cant survive shipping while individually wrapped, surrounded in bubble wrap inside a box within another box. Again, Im not looking for the highest quality crystal, I was only looking for something that had a reasonable amount...
