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Winner of a Best in the World Gourmand Award

This title, now in two volumes, and fully updated, is for all those seeking to acquire a deep and systematic appreciation and understanding of wine, whether for exams, work, or pleasure. It outlines a simple yet robust framework for analyzing wine as objectively as possible, and provides all the background knowledge that you need to interpret your findings, covering everything from grape varieties and vineyard management to winemaking techniques and the world's most important wine styles. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular wine is unique and different from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways is Pauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and in what ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or the Nahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? This book is dedicated to all wine lovers, and should prove particularly useful to amateur and competitive blind tasters, students on higher-level wine courses, sommeliers, and anyone else who buys, sells, or recommends wine.

Includes recommended producers and vintages for every major wine region.

Praise for previous editions

A comprehensive education in wine. —The Times Literary Supplement

A rigorous, highly focused, well-honed bootcamp manual (Bible might be a better word) for the likes of WSET diploma students, MW students, Master Sommelier students, and anyone else who thinks that blind tasting competitions are a riot. —Tamlyn Currin for JancisRobinson.com

A book that will be of benefit to anyone taking a Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) course in the coming years. —Paul O'Doherty for JancisRobinson.com

Splendid, concise, up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate. —Clive Coates MW, author of The Wines of Burgundy

Delightful yet sophisticated. —Konstantinos Lazarakis MW, author of The Wines of Greece

About the author

Dr Neel Burton FRSA is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the winner of several book prizes including, the feather in his cap, a Best in the World Gourmand Award. When he is not reading or writing, or imbibing, he enjoys cooking, gardening, learning languages, visiting museums and gardens, and travelling, most of all to sunny wine regions.

Contents, Combined Edition

Part I: Foundations and Blind Tasting

1. The philosophy of wine
2. The history of wine
3. Principles of viticulture
4. Principles of winemaking
5. The art and science of blind tasting

Part II: France and Sparkling Wines

6. Alsace
7. Burgundy
8. The Rhône
9. Bordeaux
10. The Loire
11. Other notable French regions and appellations
12. Champagne and sparkling wine

Part III: Europe and Fortified Wines

13. Germany
14. Austria, Switzerland
15. Hungary
16. Greece
17. Georgia, Lebanon
18. Italy: North-East
19. Italy: North-West
20. Italy: Central
21. Italy: South, Sicily, Sardinia
22. Spain, Tenerife
23. Portugal
24. Port, Madeira, Vin Doux Naturels
25. Sherry, Montilla-Moriles

Part IV: Wines of the World

26. New Zealand
27. Australia
28. South Africa
29. Chile
30. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
31. USA, Canada
32. China, Japan

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If you’re a WSET student, sommelier or MW student preparing for exams, you’d be foolish not to have this book open next to you through every study session and every tasting. —Tamlyn Currin for JancisRobinson.com

This title, now in two volumes, and fully updated, is for all those seeking to acquire a deep and systematic appreciation and understanding of wine, whether for exams, work, or pleasure. It outlines a simple yet robust framework for analyzing wine as objectively as possible, and provides all the background knowledge that you need to interpret your findings, covering everything from grape varieties and vineyard management to winemaking techniques and the world's most important wine styles. It seeks throughout to examine in what ways a particular wine is unique and different from other, similar wines. For example, why and in what ways is Pauillac, in Bordeaux, different from Pomerol, also in Bordeaux? Why and in what ways is Mosel Riesling different from Riesling from the Rheingau, or the Nahe, or Alsace, Austria, or Australia? This book is dedicated to all wine lovers, and should prove particularly useful to amateur and competitive blind tasters, students on higher-level wine courses, sommeliers, and anyone else who buys, sells, or recommends wine.

Includes recommended producers and vintages for every major wine region.

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Available in two volumes (~250 pages per volume) or as a combined edition (V1 + V2).

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The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting: Volume 1
The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting: Volume 2
The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting: Combined Edition
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Trustworthy and valuable. —Richard Hemming MW for JancisRobinson.com
An indispensable guide. —Michael Palij MW, Founder of Winetraders and Winematters
Anyone on a wine course should consider this essential reading. —Tom Parker MW, Purchaser at Farr Vintners
Anyone who has experienced the rigours of blind tasting will welcome this book with open arms. —Gabriel Savage, Managing Editor, The Drinks Business
Unique in the way it sets out to examine what makes similar wines different. —Colin Smith, IWC and IWSC Judge
A book that needed to be written. —Matthew Hudson, Course Leader, Plumpton College
A detailed textbook ... very thorough. —Decanter

About the Author

Dr Neel Burton FRSA is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the winner of several book prizes including, the feather in his cap, a Best in the World Gourmand Award. When he is not reading or writing, or imbibing, he enjoys cooking, gardening, learning languages, visiting museums and gardens, and travelling, most of all to sunny wine regions.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Acheron Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 18, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 516 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1913260356
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1913260354
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.74 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 1.29 x 9.21 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting
  • Customer Reviews:
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"There is much more to mental health than the mere absence of mental disorder. Today, I write about all the things that I was never taught."

Dr Neel Burton FRSA is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the winner of several book prizes including, the feather in his cap, a Best in the World Gourmand Award. His work features regularly in the likes of Aeon and Psychology Today and has been translated into several languages. When he is not reading or writing, or imbibing, he enjoys cooking, gardening, skiing, learning languages, visiting museums and gardens, and travelling, especially to sunny wine regions.

His books include

★ In the Ancient Wisdom series

• The Meaning of Myth

• The Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

• Stoic Stories

• Indian Mythology and Philosophy

★ In the Ataraxia series

• The Meaning of Madness

• Hide and Seek: The Psychology of Self-Deception

• Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions

• For Better For Worse: Essays on Sex, Love, Marriage, and More

• Hypersanity: Thinking Beyond Thinking

• The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide

★ Self-help books

• The Secret to Everything: How to Live More and Suffer Less

• Growing from Depression

★ Wine

• The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting

Blog and bio at www.neelburton.com

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  • FD
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023
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    Very informative and interesting guide to learn about wine and wine tasting
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, poor production quality
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2023
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    Well written, entertaining and informative, but the physical production quality is very poor for the price. I understand that this title is now print-to-order.
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  • ChasPitt
    5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable Wine Book
    Reviewed in Canada on November 5, 2023
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    This book has it all. Everything you’d ever want to know about wine in one complete volume. Whether you are a casual wine drinker just looking for a book to educate you on the ins and outs of wine, or a full on wine “geek” this is the book! It truly is a “concise guide to wine” tasting and yes “blind tasting.” Cheers!
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  • Paul A Thompson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2023
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    Some very good details that are very in-depth for a lot of regions you will not find elsewhere
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  • Metalnik
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book but disappointing blind tasting
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2023
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    Overall, Found this book disappointing and returned.The book covers the major wine growing areas in page after page of narrative.

    I looked forward to the blind tasting sections - the holy grail so difficult even for so called wine professionals who live in wine regions and refuse to taste blind in case they downgrade the top estates.

    Frankly, this book is useless to develop your skills. Colour photos of different wines, clues to identify age, grape and region should have been presented other than pages of narrative

    The book is promoted to help students through through the diploma WSET exams - I have completed the course using the bibles of jancis robinson and hugh johnson
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