Decoding French Wine: A Beginner's Guide to Enjoying the Fruits of the French Terroir (Volume 1) - Softcover

Cullen, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479303186 ISBN 13: 9781479303182

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The wine world is intimidating when you are just starting out. France alone has more than 25,000 wineries and the bottles are labeled with various phrases, regions, vineyards, vintages and classifications, often times with no mention of a grape varietal. How are you possibly to know what to buy, what's inside the bottle, and if you're going to like it?"Decoding French Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Fruits of the French Terroir" is a clear and concise guide written with the singular goal to help early stage wine drinkers navigate and explore the world of French wine.This new third edition of the book takes readers through France's prominent wine regions to uncover the geography, history and wine making practices of each region. Along the way, build a list of high quality, value priced producers to start with, and before you know it, you'll be off exploring and decoding the vast and awesome world of French wine.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Cullen has authored and co-authored four non-fiction books, including the popular DECODING WINE series, as well as two works of fiction, THE CALLISTO SYMPHONY (2015) and A GENTLE SLAUGHTER OF THE PERFECT KIND (2017).

He is a digital marketer for a global 100 brand, a wine contributor for HuffPost and the founder and editor of CostcoWineBlog.com. His writing and websites have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports, The Daily Meal, Southern Living, CNN Money and CBS Moneywatch.

From the Inside Flap

"Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know."― John Keats

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1479303186
• ISBN 13: 9781479303182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 81