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The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know

The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know by Amazonundefined

Price last update: 08/03/2024

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There are few greater pleasures in life than enjoying a wonderful glass of wine. So why does finding and choosing one you like seem so stressful? Now, becoming a happier, more confident wine drinker is easy. The first step is to forget all the useless, needlessly complicated stuff the experts have been telling you. In
The New Wine Rules
, acclaimed wine writer Jon Bonné explains everything you need to know in simple, beautifully illustrated, easy-to-digest tidbits. And the news is good! For example: A wines price rarely reflects its quality. You can drink rosé any time of year. Dont save a great bottle for anything more than a rainy day.
Recenzja
Im generally not one to follow the rules, but in the case of this book, I will absolutely make an exception! Fun, informative and easy to read, Jon has done a masterful job making lovers of the grape feel completely comfortable in the world of wine."
Kyle MacLachlan, actor and winemaker
"A Zen-like reminder that wine is a joy, not a chore; a journey, not a race. Beginners and even confident wine drinkers will find much of value, even leafing through rules at random."
Eric Asimov,
The New York Times
"With its simple and friendly advice on buying, storing and drinking wine, itll make you a happier and more confident wine nerd."
The Daily Beast
"Rejoice! At last, an accessible, abbreviated guide to the basics of wine, including drinking, buying and sharing."
Wine Enthusiast
"A primer on all things wine that is clear, concise, and firmly anti-snob."
Departures
"Bonné is one of the best wine writers working today, but he wears his learning lightly in conveying the essentials of buying, storing and ordering the beverage while working in some tips that go beyond the standard beginner's wine book."
TheStreet
"Consider this an artful primer on enjoying wine, from how to choose a bottle to how to serve it, store it, and get the most out of drinking it. Features gorgeous illustrations from María Hergueta, and all of it happily sized to stuff a stocking. Recommended!"
Sprudge
O autorze
Jon Bonné
is one of the leading American voices on wine and food. Currently the managing editor of Resy, he previously spent nearly a decade as the wine editor and chief wine critic of the
San Francisco Chronicle
, and served as the lifestyle editor and wine columnist for MSNBC, the U.S. columnist for
Decanter
magazine, and the wine consultant for JetBlue Airways. His work has earned him three Roederer Awardsthe most ever won by an American, including for his groundbreaking book
The New California Wine
and has been recognized by the James Beard Foundation nearly a dozen times.
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INTRODUCTION Everyone thinks wine experts live charmed lives. When people find out what I do, their heads fill with visions of me being driven around in a chauffeured Benz, tasting rare bottles. And for sure, there are many less fun things to do in life than to taste, critique, and write about wines from around the world. In truth, my wine life isnt that different from yours. Ive walked into plenty of wine shops and gotten lousy advice. Ive been tempted byand burned bymore wine recommendations than I care to remember. At night, with dinner, Im as likely as anyone to drink whatevers open in the fridge. Restaurants? I still struggle through wine lists, and regardless of the fact I have a near-photographic memory (only where wine is concerned), I still find plenty of wine on lists that Ive never heard of. Ive had sommeliers talk down to me more times than I care to remember. And Ive been served wines in shockingly bad condition, like the fancy $125 bottle of Grenache I had not long ago, which came to the table so warm I wondered if it was stored next to the pizza oven. (We asked for an ice bucket.) I love what I do, and each year I get to taste thousands of wines, including many that few people get access to. But knowing a ton about wine doesnt magically improve your wine life. In fact, an obsession with wine expertise in this country may have made it harder for us to enjoy wine. Americans have in many ways been misled by the mystique of wine expertise. Were dazzled by tales of sabering Champagne and blind-tasting bottles of red Burgundy. But these things are really just parlor games. The myth of connoisseurship is that you need to know every little thing, and in truth most wine experts obsess over details that have almost zero bearing on how the rest of us live our lives. Dont get me wrong: Expertise can be valuable. Ive written about wine professionally for about 15 years, including nearly a decade as the wine editor and chief critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, the only U.S. newspaper with its own wine section. That means Ive written hundreds of articles and tasted tens of thousands of wines, which is to say I dont doubt my opinions about wine are better informed than most. I wrote a book, The New California Wine, that documented the rebirth of interest in the states wines. And Im the junior wine nerd in our household; my wife imports and sells some of the worlds best wines. Our bookshelves are filled with wine books and our walls are covered with vintage vineyard maps. In other words, it is both of our jobs to know a lot about wine. And both of us have concluded that wine isnt something you need to learn about in classes or by chasing a pin or a diploma. Wine is something that becomes a part of your life in gradual, almost invisible, steps.I was lucky; I grew up with wine around the house; it was a semi-professional interest of my father and I learned about it from him more or less osmotically, the way other kids might learn about baseball. I never had a grand moment of enlightenment. Then I forgot all about it, went off to college, and became a journalist. Years later, that interest returned, and after I started sneaking wine into most of my stories, I finally proposed to my editor that I write a column. So began my career as an expert. Expertise, however, comes gradually. Early on in that career, when I was less confident, I made a classic mistake: I pretended to know more than I did, which made me the worst of all things a wine snob. Once I rejected a bottle of barbera with my pizza because it was way too tannic. (Barbera is actually known for having almost no tannins; its a great pizza wine.) Eventually I become comfortable with admitting what I didnt know. I tasted and drank a lot of wines, and started to put the pieces together. I never wanted to be a sommelier, and I never got an official blessing to be an expert. You dont need one either. Especially not now. The old ways of wine are fading into the distance. A handful of once-powerful wine tastemakers are now much less powerful. Wine drinkers today are more self-assured, and less reliant on point scores and so-called expert wisdom. All of which made me wonder: What can an expert offer? Certainly the world doesnt need another drink this, not that book. Instead, The New Wine Rules was born out of the idea that the most valuable thing I can share is a handy summary of the practical things Ive learned about incorporating wine into everyday life: how to figure out what you like, how to pick out a bottle for this weekends barbecue, when to splurge and when to keep it low-key. For that reason, you wont find a lot of talk here about varieties and regions. A thousand other books have covered those things, and they can help you dive deeply if you choose. Theyre details to learn at your own pace and in your own time, and frankly the world of wine has grown so vast that its impossible for anyone to know it all. What matters is learning to figure out what you like. The nice part of doing that is that now is the best time in history to be drinking wine. The sheer diversity of flavors and styles and grapes available today is greater than ever. If I can share one bit of advice as you read along, its this: Drink wine with joy. Perhaps thats obvious, but remember that at least in America, the past couple generations of wine lovers have spent their lives guided by fearof displaying bad taste or revealing what they dont know. Screw that. Fear was the guiding principle of the past. Were officially done. Wine is too great a thing to be limited by fear. So drink with joyand never let go of your curiosity. Wine is an endlessly complex and fascinating part of our culture. A curiosity about it can span a lifetime, although it doesnt have to. It certainly has filled up my life. Now is the time to share some of what Ive learned along the way.
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