INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK Thrilling . . . [told]
with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is
the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world she's not wrong though Bill Buford's Heat is
probably a shade closer. -Jennifer Senior The New York Times Professional journalist and
amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn't know much about wine-until she discovered an alternate
universe where taste reigns supreme a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to
the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers she
set out to uncover what drove their obsession and whether she too could become a cork dork.
With boundless curiosity humor and a healthy dose of skepticism Bosker takes the reader
inside underground tasting groups exclusive New York City restaurants California mass-market
wine factories and even a neuroscientist's fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most
nagging question of all: what's the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way
you drink wine-and perhaps the way you live-forever. Think: Eat Pray Love meets Somm.
-theSkimm As informative as it is well intoxicating. -Fortune
