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The Dirty Guide to Wine

Following Flavor from Ground to Glass
By Alice Feiring
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The Dirty Guide to Wine by Alice Feiring offers a fresh approach to exploring wine by focusing on the soil in which grapes are grown rather than the grape variety or region. This guide reveals how soil influences a wine's flavour and composition, helping readers discover new and exciting wines. Featuring a foreword by Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier, the book demystifies wine-tasting traditions and techniques, making it accessible to both sommeliers and novices.
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This book is ideal for curious wine lovers, both beginners and experts, seeking to deepen their appreciation by understanding the influence of terroir. It suits those interested in natural and biodynamic wines and anyone eager to explore wine tasting beyond traditional classifications.

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Still drinking Cabernet after that one bottle you liked five years ago? It can be overwhelming, if not intimidating, to branch out from your go-to grape, but everyone wants their next wine to be new and exciting. How to choose the right one? Award-winning wine critic Alice Feiring presents an all-new way to look at the world of wine.

While grape variety is important, a lot can be learned about wine by looking at the source: the ground in which it grows. A surprising amount of information about a wine's flavour and composition can be gleaned from a region's soil, and this guide makes it simple to find the wines you'll love.

Featuring a foreword by Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier, who contributed her vast knowledge throughout the book, The Dirty Guide to Wine organises wines not by grape, not by region, not by New or Old World, but by soil. If you enjoy a Chardonnay from Burgundy, you might find the same winning qualities in a deep, red Rioja.

Feiring also provides a clarifying account of the traditions and techniques of wine-tasting, demystifying the practice and introducing a whole new way to enjoy wine to sommeliers and novice drinkers alike.

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Critics praise Feiring's passionate and perspective-driven writing style. Imbibe highlights the intention beyond data, capturing passion through perspective. Wine Pages notes the book's contentious opinions on soil effects and its stimulating discussion on organic and biodynamic wines. World of Fine Wine commends the book for inviting discovery and discussion among wine enthusiasts.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781581573848

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 June 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Countryman Press Inc.

Contributors:

  • With Pascaline Lepeltier

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 418g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Alice Feiring is a journalist, essayist and the author of Naked Wine. She is the winner of both the James Beard and Louis Roederer Wine Writing Awards. In 2013, she was named Imbibe Magazine’s wine person of the year. Her blog, The Feiring Line (Alicefeiring.com) has been published since 2004. She lives in New York City. Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier is one of the world’s top wine pros, on the floor or in the lecture room. From Anjou, France, she champions its Chenin Blanc. Beyond wine, she refreshes with Cantillon beer and beats the drum for theΒ liqueur Chartreuse. It is her deep belief that the word terroir is not to be taken in vain.

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