Snob Free Wine Tasting Companion: Wine Smart in a Day

Napa & Sonoma Edition

Author Andy Hyman, provides wine enthusiasts and novices alike, a warm and witty orientation to wine tasting whether in Napa or Sonoma, an urban winery or at their own kitchen table. The book also provides what visitors to California s wine country crave: quick facts about wine making in Napa and Sonoma valleys as well as a condensed history of the area s rise to national and international prominence.

From cover to cover, the book goes down easy. Snob Free Wine Tasting Companion de-mystifies the esoteric vocabulary associated with wine tasting by providing definitions of words such as tannins, and fruit forward, and explains the purpose of what may look like snobby rituals to the novice, such as swirling red wine in the glass. The reader is also treated to interesting and fun wine facts ranging from how oak barrels impact wine flavor to how ancient Roman wine protocols influence our drinking rituals today. 

FEATURES:

Vivid color photos bring to life the wine-making process, wine-tasting how-to's and iconic historical elements of the region.

Fold-out front and back covers provide handy maps of Napa and Sonoma viticultural areas and the Wine Aroma Wheel, created by U.C. Davis emeritus professor, Ann Noble.

Quick reference visuals for pairing wine with meals, cheeses and chocolates.

Handy, 5 x 7 book offers travelers a tour guide to accompany them in purse or backpack.