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  • How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine

    How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine

    Hailed by Jerry Shriver in USA Today as “the woman who makes the wine world gulp when she speaks,” Jancis Robinson created in How to Taste a classic for connoisseurs of all levels and the first introduction of its kind to focus on practical tasting exercises. Now fully revised and updated, Robinson’s renowned guide proves…

  • The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That

    The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That

    Richard Betts is one of fewer than two hundred master sommeliers in the world, but he’s no wine snob and he hates wine-speak. In the first book of its kind, he helps readers scratch and sniff their way to expertise by introducing the basic components of wine—the fruits, the wood, the earth—enabling anyone to discover…

  • Professional Model, Blind Wine Tasting Kit with Pouch, 8 Numbers

    Professional Model, Blind Wine Tasting Kit with Pouch, 8 Numbers

    This gorgeous Professional Model, Blind Wine Tasting Kit with Pouch, 8 Numbers has the finest details and highest quality you will find anywhere! • Eight black polyester material wine bottle sacks are boldly printed with numbers 1 through 8 in red. • For blind wine tastings, the bottles are inserted into the sack beforehand. •…

  • Wine: A Tasting Course

    Wine: A Tasting Course

    Offering a visual tour of wine styles, explaining the big-picture concepts, and encouraging readers to recognize the connections between wines, author Marnie Old, a renowned American sommelier, challenges all the stuffy orthodoxies about wine, and teaches that best way to learn is through tasting. Providing a fresh take on the world of wine, showing you…

  • Wine Tasting Flight Sampler Set – 4 – 6oz Decanter Glasses w Paddle, Chalkboard and Chalk

    Wine Tasting Flight Sampler Set – 4 – 6oz Decanter Glasses w Paddle, Chalkboard and Chalk

    This D’Eco wine flight set is excellent for sampling small quantities of a variety of different wine. It’s great for parties or as a gift. The complete set contains four 6 ounce wine glasses, measuring 5″ tall and 2-1/4″ in diameter and one wood carrier, measuring 7″ by 14″. It’s a great bachelorette, housewarming, or…

  • The Joy of Home Wine Making

    The Joy of Home Wine Making

    Port and sherries, whites, reds, roses and melomels—make your own wine without owning a vineyard! If you can follow a simple recipe, you can create delectable table wines in your own home. It’s fun, it’s easy-and the results will delightfully complement your favorite meals and provide unparalleled pleasure by the glass when friends come calling.…

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