An excellent introduction into the world of wine

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	• Wine: An Introduction Joanna Simon, Ian O'Leary DK ADULT, 2001 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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An excellent introduction into the world of wine

This was the assigned text book for the International Sommelier Guild Level 1 course. The material is well organized and concise. It provides a good introduction to wines from the grape, the regions in which they are grown, the wine making process, how to evaluate wine and food pairing. Joanna Simon provides a good place to start for anyone who wants to enjoy the amazing world of wine.

An OK place to start

I purchased this book because it was published by DK. I have come to love all their books. The present a clear and direct path to get their point across. That did not seem the cae with this book. There was a not a good place to start. Rather it seemed that you had to jump around the book. It contains great information, just not organized the best.

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beautiful to look at, fun to read

This is one of my favourite books on wine. I like the way the book presents Ms Simon's essays, has lists of useful facts and the pictures - gosh, its got pictures of wine grapes so ripe I'm tempted to eat them. Ms Simon's writing is simple and a joy to read, and for a starter book on wine, this is hard to beat.

Unfortunately, the negative reviews do have a point. It's not that the book is badly organized - the organization is logical and coherent. What went wrong is that the editors at DK gave a table of contents that makes people guess what's in each chapter. Terrible! An index is no substitute for a proper contents page.
A more detailed listing of sub-headings in the table of contents would tell people at a glance what's in the book and where to find it. We shouldn't be made to flip through the book deciphering exactly where was the part that dealt with deciphering wine labels. sigh.

Anyway, a very nice book to have.

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From the grape to the glass, award-winning wine writer Joanna Simon takes readers through the tantalizing range of styles, grape varieties, and wine-producing regions and offers refreshingly down-to-earth advice on how to buy, taste, serve, and store wine for maximum enjoyment.