Winner of the prestigious André Simon Drink Book Award The first definitive reference book to
describe region-by-region how the great wines of Europe should taste. This will be the go-to
guide for aspiring sommeliers wine aficionados who want to improve their blind tasting skills
and amateur enthusiasts looking for a straightforward and visceral way to understand and
describe wine. In this seminal addition to the wine canon noted experts Rajat Parr and Jordan
Mackay share everything they've learned in their decades of tasting wine. The result is the
most in-depth study of the world's greatest wine regions ever published. There are books that
describe the geography of wine regions. And there are books that describe the way basic wines
and grapes should taste. But there are no books that describe the intricacies of the way wines
from various subregions soils and appellations should taste. Now for the first time ever
you can learn about the differences between wines from the 7 grand crus and 40 premier crus of
Chablis or the terroirs in Barolo Champagne and Bordeaux. Paying attention to styles
winemakers soils and the most cutting-edge of trends this book explains how to understand
the wines of the world not in the classical way but in the modern way--appellation by
appellation soil by soil technique by technique--making it an essential reference and instant
classic.
