Publisher's Synopsis
You probably landed on this page because: A) you feel partially or totally clueless about the subject (Wine). B) you want to stop buying the first bottle of wine you see, hoping that a medium price equals, at least, a middle quality wine. C) you are sick of waking up with terrible headaches, wondering if it was because of that not so good wine you drank last night. D) you'd love to find yourself speaking about the subject, not faking, but exactly knowing what and why you are saying. E) all of the above... & more Wine is a complicated subject, really. But it would be grate to have a solid base, a kick off to face a wine shop, choose between two red wines, go back home, open your bottle, decant the wine, taste it and express your opinion: good, bad, balanced, fine... It would mean you are really experiencing wine, that you are building experience, that your senses are evolving, that you are going in the right direction, versus a deeper, enjoyable knowledge. There are options. If you have time (and money) you can attend professional classes. If you have less time (and less money) you can go to an amateur school. If you have a lot of time you can surf the web and collect the best DiY material available online. If you want flexibility and a do-it-at-home thing, you can purchase a book! A well done book can give you the opportunity of DIYing, at home. On a Monday night, on Fridays, when the working week is over, or on a rainy Sunday afternoon. A good book will guide you, step by step, through a pleasant journey. An excellent book will clearly explain you what you need to know (and do!) to reach your goal. A book with all this qualities is a book written by professionals. Professionals about the subject and professionals about training. You know, it's like having a teacher that knows everything, but doesn't know how to transmit all that knowledge to the alumni. Lessons will probably be boring and ineffective. You must know how to balance theory and excersices, you must choose the language, you have to translate the concepts in practical appliable tools. In a few words: you must get a result! That's what this book is all about. THE GOAL: You will fall in love with wine! A truly deeply romantic love story with red, white or rose wine! THE METHOD: Sit down, grab your glass of wine: read, taste, read, taste, write down, read, taste... Enjoy! This is what happens when a Training Manager stumbles over a Sommelier and decides to write a book: you get the best, most effective, verified Wine Course ever! HOW DID I GET HERE: I organized and attended a Wine Course with the support of the famous Enoteca Lucantoni in Rome, a professional sommelier gave me all the material and deeply explained me the meaning of it. A few year's later I reordered all the material I had, I wrote it down and, finally, TRANSLATED it: from academic/complicated language to a oh-now-I-understand language. The final result is Bibendum: the Easy, Effective Guide to Wine!"