Wine Confident

Wine Confident: There is No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine

The same elements that make wine thrilling – its breadth of regions, varieties and vintages, its ever-changing nature, rituals and the many languages of its labels – can also make it intimidating. And this breaks Kelli White’s heart. In Wine Confident, she takes the anxiety out of wine description by teaching us how to reach the right metaphors; debunks the myths around restaurant choices; tells the truth about sommeliers (she’s been there, she is one!), and teaches us how to order wine like a pro. For Kelli, wine really matters – not just as a fine-dining accompaniment or to relax your shoulders at the end of a long day, but as a clue to the character of our natural world. Here, upper-class pretensions are swept aside and the core message of this book –communicated with Kelli’s uniquely quirky wit and warm humour – is clear.

There is no wrong way to enjoy wine.

• How to taste: it’s about using all your senses!
• Training your nose: pay attention to your world and be a better smeller!
• Letting the poets in: learn to connect flavour with language
• Kelli’s advice on talking to sommeliers and ordering wine like a pro
• Don’t overthink it: wine, food, difficult bottles and choosing your stemware...
• How to start a collection – and how to store it if you’re cellar-less
• Lessons in anatomy: how grapes are grown and wine is made (and how this affects the flavours in your glass)
• Wine and the future: understanding organic, biodynamic, regenerative and sustainable wine production in our warming world

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• You decide! ...the many ways that wine knowledge can change your life