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The best introductory book on wine to come along in years” (The Washington Post) from the creators of the award-winning winefolly.com
Red or white? Cabernet or merlot? Light or bold? What to pair with food? Drinking great wine isn’t hard, but finding great wine does require a deeper understanding of the fundamentals.
Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will help you make sense of it all in a unique infographic wine book. Designed by the creators of WineFolly.com, which has won Wine Blogger of the Year from the International Wine & Spirits Competition, this book combines sleek, modern information design with data visualization and gives readers pragmatic answers to all their wine questions, including:
• Detailed taste profiles of popular and under-the-radar wines.
• A guide to pairing food and wine.
• A wine-region section with detailed maps.
• Practical tips and tricks for serving wine.
• Methods for tasting wine and identifying flavors.
Packed with information and encouragement, Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will empower your decision-making with practical knowledge and give you confidence at the table.
“Wine Folly … is the best introductory book on wine to come along in years. In a word, Wine Folly is awesome.” –The Washington Post
“A magically vivid wine guide for our information age—cuts through the complexity of wine like a Champagne saber.”--Mark Oldman, renowned wine expert and author of Oldman’s Guide to Outsmarting Wine
"Wine is fun. It's complex, vibrant and meaningful. It should be part of your life... and so should this book. " –Geoff Kruth, MS, President Guildsomm.com
"With clever graphics, Madeline has created a wine navigator that effortlessly guides new wine lovers to a better understanding of the taste, origins and geography of wine." – Dr. Andrew L. Waterhouse, Professor of Enology, University of California, Davis
Madeline Puckette is a certified sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and has worked in several restaurants as a sommelier or a server before creating Wine Folly. Her design work with Wine Folly has been contracted by Wines of France, Wines of Bordeaux, Wines of Beaujolais, the Court of Master Sommeliers, the Guild of Sommeliers, the Washington State Wine Commission, and Rhône Valley Wines. In 2013, Wine Folly was named Wine Blogger of the Year for the 2013–2014 year by International Wine & Spirits Competition.
Besides drinking wine, writing, and designing for the blog, Madeline loves working on cars, cycling, running, and open-water swimming. Before becoming a sommelier, Madeline was a music producer and singer.
Justin Hammack is a founding partner of Wine Folly and leads conceptual development, interactive tools, and marketplace branding. He is responsible for maintaining strict creative goals that emphasize frictionless education. Justin also handles all videography and photography.
网友对Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine的评论
内容充实简明，设计非常漂亮。 好像没有提及土壤方面的信息，小遗憾。
I placed the order on 4th.Sep.that shows I could get it on 5th.Nov,but actually I got it on 8th.Oct.i like this book,there are a lot of useful pictures.easy to understand .
作为一个新手，这本书很棒，值得拥有。
Okay, I'm Madeline's dad. You gotta know that this took a huge amount of effort to clarify the mysterious world of wine into graphics that take mere seconds to understand. I couldn't be more proud. It's a lot of fun forcing on it friends and then seeing them light up with instant understanding. The page that explains how to write useful personal wine notes, for example, instantly organizes the way you do your evaluations of wine.
tl;dr - This book helps you experience wine like no other book has done before. It is visually engaging, educationally satisfying, and incredibly enjoyable to flip through. It is for experienced wine connoisseurs and newbies alike. And it exceeds expectations in every way - it did for me at least!
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My initial, irrational fear:
When I opened the box from Amazon and picked up the book, I wanted so much, probably more than most, for this book to be unbelievably awesome. Well, before opening the book, I was suddenly convinced there would be far too much information for me to ever get through without being completely overwhelmed, or bored to tears...and the book isn't even particularly long!
Remember, I said "irrational" fear.
While it may be irrational, there are probably a lot of people that feel the same way, or have similar preconceived notions, about a book on wine. You might be nodding your head right now. So, I immediately resolved to flip through every page, purely out of respect for the amount of time and effort that was put into this book. To my surprise, I made it through the entire book in 15 minutes. Lies, you say. Let me clarify. I scanned every page quickly, focusing mostly on headings and illustrations. I stopped every so often to browse through the contents on a particular page.
Well?? ...I was delighted, to say the least!
After flipping through the book a few more times I realized there is something very difficult to do when it comes to education, especially when it involves a seemingly complex topic like wine. That is this - to present information in such a way that it is visually engaging, educationally satisfying, and enjoyable for experts and newbies alike.
This book has done just that.
THE GOOD:
1. It's useful - I can't emphasize this enough. For me, most of the time at least, purchasing decisions are based primarily on usefulness (including birthday/wedding gifts). A few examples (I won't give away much because half the fun of opening this book is what you'll discover next!):
(a) This book teaches you, simply and easily, how to smell and taste wine, which is a wonderful part of the wine experience and great information for a novice (like me!).
(b) It gives glass type/shape recommendations for every type of wine imaginable in the second section of the book, and explains why in the first section of the book.
(c) Everything covered in this book is explained in bite size pieces of information or illustrations. Consider the alternative - you're skimming through a wall of text searching for something specific, only to not find it at all, and promptly decide that reading about wine is boring and a waste of your time - that, my friend, is an example of what this book is not. You can flip to a page, using the index if needed, and find what you're looking for right away - that's useful.
Side note: I tested this. I walked to my fridge to assess my cheese inventory. A block of Tillamook sharp cheddar, excellent. I opened the book, turned to the index, found cheese pairing under "C" (naturally), flipped to page 34 and saw that cheddar pairs excellently with full-bodied red wine. I then turned to full-bodied reds in section two and found Cabernet Sauvignon, perfect!
2. It's easy to navigate - The book only has 3 main sections. Fundamentals, styles of wine, and wine regions. At first, this alarmed me, but I quickly realized this is one of the best things about how the book is structured. The index helps you find something quickly, and after flipping through the book twice, I knew generally where everything was.
3. Want more? No problem! Every page in the book has a specific link to their site, winefolly.com, where you can learn even more about the topic of that page. I've never seen that before, ever. Major bonus points here.
THE BAD:
If you enjoy and prefer reading walls of text, this book probably won't be your favorite. It may, however, be the most visually enjoyable way to learn about wine. Which will, at the very least, present wine to you in an entirely new light. It won't even seem like learning, it will just be...fun!
THE BEAUTIFUL:
It is beautiful, truly (Madeline, you're a genius). There are those books that are so visually pleasing, you find yourself browsing through them regularly, not looking for anything in particular, simply enjoying the fun illustrations and bits of information. This is one of those books.
Final thoughts:
My expectations were exceeded in every way. Be warned, this book will suck you in every time you open it. I know that 10 years from now, I will be just as delighted as I am now to peruse the contents of this visually engaging and smartly composed book about wine.
"Sweet berry wine!" - Dr. Steve Brule
Couldn't wait to get home to my #WineFollyBook today! Just skimming through has me very excited. The key word is "Essential", but the other word that describes what I love about the Wine Folly Book is concise. This is a book for anyone that enjoys or studies wine.
I love this book. I've been following Winefolly.com for a while now and it is amazing. I even got my staff into it. When I heard the book was coming out I pre-ordered it immediately. I was not disappointed! I manage a high end Italian counter-service restaurant in Boston and out list is strictly Italian. Not only is this a great reference point for new people who are not so familiar with Italian varietals but it is really helping our servers who have been working exclusively with Italian wine for years understand how that relates to other wines. No longer are my servers coming to me saying, "William, I have a table that says they only drink white Burgundy. What on our list is like that?" Now they go to the book! I might have to buy an additional copy to keep at the restaurant and maybe a 3rd so I can enjoy it at home! Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this beautiful, well written and easily digestible book. Every restaurant in America should buy it for their staff.
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