Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Natural Wine for the People, by Alice Feiring
Review by Michael Woeste Alice Feiring wants to make a natural wine believer out of you. The woman who might
Book Review: But First, Champagne, by David White
Six months ago, if you asked me what book to get if you wanted to learn more about Champagne, I
Book Review: Shadows in the Vineyard by Maximillian Potter
Review By Camille Berry Domaine Romanée-Conti’s wines are perhaps the most famous in the world, and amongst the most expensive.
Wine and Words in Three Volumes
I happened last week to be eating lunch at a small cafe that had a wine store and bar attached.
Book Review: The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert
Review By Stella Fong The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert will, at first, appeal to
California’s Current Wine Revolution
What does the world look like to those in the midst of a quiet revolution? As with the frog in
Book Review: The Latest in Wine and Food Pairing
Review by Tim Patterson. If you find the subject of food and wine pairing confusing, intimidating or irritating, read Francois
Book Review: Wine Grapes by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and José Vouillamoz
Why would any wine lover want to know something about more than one thousand different grape varieties? For the same
Book Review: A Toast to Bargain Wines by George Taber
Review by Tim Patterson Books and articles about bargain wines are a dime a dozen–check that, a nickel a dozen.
Book Review: The Chateauneuf-du-Pape Wine Book by Harry Karis
It’s not entirely clear to me which is more remarkable: the fact that before this book was published there was
Book Review: Wine Wars by Mike Veseth
Review by Tim Patterson. A big part of wine’s allure is that it is so many different things: a source
Book Review: The Drops of God: Vol 1, by Tadashi Agi
I’m tickled by the idea of wine featuring prominently in popular entertainment. I think a lot of wine lovers got
Book Review: Two New Takes on Natural Wine
Review by Tim Patterson. Alongside the profusion of wine bars and wine weeks focused on so-called “natural wines”–wines made with
Book Review: When Wine Tastes Best
Review by Tim Patterson I am here to tell you about the only wine book you or I will ever
Book Review: Wine by Thomas Pellechia
Review by Tim Patterson Unlike the fads and fancies and 15-minute trends that come with every new vintage, the history
Book Review: Vino Argentino by Laura Catena
Book review by Sarah Trubnick. Argentine wine is an interesting subject for a book at this point in time. The
The Wine Lover’s Essential Library
I’ve been asked more than once in the past few weeks about which wine books I like that might make
Book Review: Secrets of the Sommeliers by Rajat Parr and Jordan MacKay
Review by Tim Patterson. Secrets of the Sommeliers, a collaboration between Rajat Parr, wine director for the Michael Mina group
Book Review: Matt Kramer on Wine by Matt Kramer
Review by Tim Patterson. In contrast to his string of useful and successful Making Sense volumes — Making Sense of
Book Review: Reading Between The Wines by Terry Theise
I can honestly say that of all the people in the wine world that hadn’t written books, the one I
Book Review: Wine Cellar Porn for Your Coffee Table
I think the very nature of coffee table books encourage them to be over the top. What else do we
Book Review: Continued Surveillance by Jake Lorenzo
Review by Tim Patterson. Wine writers love Jake Lorenzo’s stuff; many wish they could write like him, or more precisely,
Book Review: A Year of Wine by Tyler Coleman
Review by Brooke Cheshier. When I first slipped into A Year of Wine: Perfect Pairings, Great Buys, and What to
Book Review: In Search of Bacchus by George M. Taber
Great travel writing should do more than simply paint a picture of distant locations and suggest how they may be
Book Review: Resveratrol by Matilde Parente
Review by Tim Patterson. This is a short booklet, no frills, on a very focused topic, and will tell you
Wine Will Never Smell the Same Again: Luca Turin and the Science of Scent
I’ve recently discovered someone that I think may be perhaps the greatest writer of tasting notes in the history of
Book Review: The Psychology of Wine by Evan and Brian Mitchell
Review by W. Blake Gray I hate this book. I hate this book primarily because its title is misleading. Though
Book Review: Grape Man of Texas by Sherrie McLeRoy and Roy Renfro
Review by Alfonso Cevola. Twenty-five years ago, I got a call from a client of mine, originally from Bordeaux, who
Book Review: Notes on a Cellar-Book by George Saintsbury
Review by Tim Patterson. If you love to drink wine, and love a good read, you have to get ahold
Book Review: Wine Politics by Tyler Coleman
Review by Tim Patterson. Here we have that rarity of rarities: a wine blogger who knows how to write a
Book Review: Reflections of a Wine Merchant by Neal Rosenthal
Review by Alfonso Cevola. It’s not unusual to pick up a wine book that reads like a journal. But Neal
Book Review: Heard it Through the Grapevine by Matt Skinner
There are two things I wish were more easily found in the world of wine: great bottles for under $5,
Book Review: Wines & Wineries of California’s Central Coast by William Ausmus
Review by Arthur Przebinda. The Central Coast is a huge appellation. Compiling a comprehensive guide to its wineries is nearly
Book Review: The Widow Cliquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Review by W. Blake Gray Great books are often the result of obsession. They have to be, considering the hours
Book Review: American Vintage by Paul Lukacs
Review by W. Blake Gray. Is wine food or alcohol? Most Americans would immediately choose “alcohol,” perhaps laughing at the
Book Review: The Billionaire’s Vinegar
Review by Tim Patterson. If you’re getting your morning jollies reading about the amazing collapsing Ponzi schemes of investment wizard
Book Review: The Battle For Wine And Love by Alice Feiring
Review by Brooke Cheshier. I was going to read Alice Feiring’s book and write my review and I swore I
Book Review: The Geography of Wine by Brian J. Sommers
Review by Tim Patterson. This is a very useful, though not very exciting book. No rhapsodies about mind-bending encounters with
Book Review: Passion on the Vine by Sergio Esposito
Review by Alfonso Cevola. There are stories that are meant to be true and stories that are intended to stir
Book Review: To Cork or Not To Cork by George Taber
There’s only one thing, you might say, that stands between a thirsty wine lover and her wine. And luckily, that
Book Review: Biodynamic Wine, Demystified by Nicholas Joly
Review by Tim Patterson. Biodynamic grapegrowing and winemaking have gotten a great deal of press in recent years, far out
