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    Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting
    Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting
    Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting
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    Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting

    By David Locicero

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    Are you intimidated by the idea of selecting a wine at the market?
    Do you resist going wine tasting because you are afraid of looking unknowledgeable?
    Don't know a Cabernet from a Chablis?

    Let David Locicero, author of one of the highest rated guides to California wines, lead you through the basics of wine. Written for casual wine drinkers and those new to the world of wine, it walks you through the basics of wine:
    how it is made
    how to taste wine
    how to read a wine label
    how to store it, and more.

    Filled with useful information presented in a casual and down to earth way, this is not a book for the pretentious, but for those who love wine and want to know more about it.

    Wine is not difficult. There is a lot of jargon and rituals around wine that have evolved over the centuries. Wine 101 walks you through the basics of wine and wine tasting giving you the information you need to select a wine at the market, contribute to the conversation at dinner parties and walk into any winery tasting room with confidence.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpinionatedWineGuide.com
    Release dateAug 8, 2014
    ISBN9781501498855
    Wine 101: An Introduction to Wine and Wine Tasting

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      Wine 101 - David Locicero

      Introduction

      Wine has always been a part of my life. My father started making wine from wine making kits shortly after we moved to Las Vegas, where he taught at the University. My father’s Zinfandels were his best efforts and were featured on the family table for many years.

      As in many Italian American households, wine was seen as food, and an integral part of the meal. I was served watered wine at an early age, say 12 or so, and graduated to undiluted wine when I was in Junior High School. I don’t recall ever seeing my father drunk, but wine was often served for dinner on a weekday evening, and always when we were entertaining.

      After graduating from university, I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. It wasn’t long after I arrived here that I was drawn into the food and wine culture of the area. I loved exploring the wineries of Napa and Sonoma counties and made a point of seeking out wineries when I traveled up into Monterey county, or south to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.

      About 6 years ago some very good friends invited us to join them for a wine tasting trip in El Dorado County. This was the first time I had been made aware of wines in California Gold Country.

      The discovery of Sierra Foothill wines lead to my writing the definitive guide to Gold Country wines, Pour Me Another: An Opinionated Guide to Gold Country Wines. In discussing Pour Me Another with people, they often confessed to me that although they drank wine, they felt uncomfortable around other wine drinkers or in winery tasting rooms because they didn’t feel like they knew enough about wine. Several people suggested I teach a Wine 101 class for people like them. And here we are!

      Wine 101 is a direct result of hearing from my friends and readers that they wanted a class or a book about the basics of wine and wine tasting. Wine 101 is not intended to be an in depth exploration of the world of wine. That is a much longer book and others have already done that. This book is a quick introduction to wine that will give you the confidence to walk into a tasting room or a wine shop and ask questions, the ability to participate in dinner party conversations about wine, and an enhanced appreciation for the wine in your glass.

      Do I have to say this? I hope not, but I will anyway: Don’t Drink and Drive. Your life is important.

      If you feel like I’ve left something out, let me know. Drop me a line. I’m always looking to improve my books.

      David Locicero

      [email protected]

      Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

      – Basil Bunting

      How to Use This Work Book

      This is a workbook of sorts. Workbooks are, of necessity, hands on. They need to be easy to navigate, and clear. This workbook is designed specifically to accompany my Wine 101 classes. My Wine 101 classes are for people who are casual wine drinkers, new comers to the world of wine, or those who feel intimidated by wine but want to learn more.

      While the book was designed for use in my class, it was written to be just as useful and informative for those reading on their own.

      Organization

      This book is divided in to four main sections:

      ·         About Wine Tasting

      ·         About Wine

      ·         About Wine Labels

      ·         About Grapes

      It seems cruel to talk to people for 20 or 30 minutes before we start tasting wine, so my classes start with the basics of wine tasting and then use that experience to guide the students through the basics of reading a wine label, about the world of grapes and finally through more information about different wines and food pairing.

      The first section is an introduction to wine tasting. We start by reviewing the best glasses to us, how to swirl, and then the basic steps of tasting: looking at the wine, smelling the wine and tasting the wine. I also discuss the practice of taking tasting notes and how to develop your palate.

      The second section is about wine, how it’s made and what you should know about sparkling wines, white wine, red wine and fortified wines and ports. We round out the section by discussing how to pair wines with food.

      The third section covers how to read a wine label, and what the terms on the label mean. This will help the student in the wine aisle when trying to select a wine from all the options available.

      The final section is about grapes specifically. We’ll discuss the grapes most commonly seen in California wines and how they relate to the major European wine making regions.

      If you are reading this book for your own information or pleasure and are not in my class, you may want to start reading with the second section, About Wine, and read to the end, then come back and read the first section about Wine Tasting last.

      Interspersed with the major sections of the book are interviews that I did

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