Fine wine can be a confusing topic to someone that does not know about the different wine growing regions or the real difference between red and white wines outside of taste. However, with a few tips from Oz Clarke the leading wine expert who has also been a master of the West End stage, you can put on your charade by surprising people with your new found knowledge about the fine wine industry.
For those who need a little aid putting their fingers on the right wine for a dinner party, the simple straightforward guide by Clarke entitled ‘Let Me Tell You About Wine’ should do the trick.
One of the nice aspects of Clarke’s simple guide is that you learn how to choose the flavour you have in mind with first getting bombarded with an overloaded description and history of wine, which is prevalent in many other wine guides.
Thus, instead of reading through facts that you may not have the time for, you can jump to the chase and immediately start to learn how to buy wine so that you can put your knowledge to use on the dinner table. Clarke covers a lot of ground that is practical and useful within the home and outside while at the wine shop.
Some of the areas that he covers include learning how to get a stubborn or broken cork out of the wine bottle, how to enjoy every bottle of wine the best you can with simple temperature and tasting techniques, how to quickly recognize faulty wine so you never make a beginner’s error, and of course, how you should pick and pair wine and food choices while at a restaurant or at home.
He also adds in some information about the many grape varieties and their associated tastes as well as a bit of information about classic wine regions such as Chianti and Bordeaux so that you can impress your friends with the knowledge of a wine connoisseur.
Clarke is known for being extremely accessible as an author with a no-nonsense approach to helping everyday people learn about the wine industry. For this reason he also helps out throughout the guide by offering a few tips, wines to try, and information boxes that will steer you towards which wines are the best value for their price tag and how much a vintage fine wine really matters.
Those that have listened to Clarke on either television or radio broadcasts are no doubt already aware of his vibrant and contagiously enthusiastic personality, which shines through delightfully in his guide.
Plus, as a bonus, for anyone that wants to pick up a more in-depth knowledge of fine wine especially by today’s current standards, for under ten pounds Clarke also has published a Pocket Wine Book and a short paperback guide titled ‘250 Best Wines 2010’ which has all the facts you will need to enhance any knowledge you gleam about fine wine.
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