The Dirty Guide to Wine, Alice Feiring
The Dirty Guide to Wine, Alice Feiring
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The Dirty Guide to Wine
Following Flavor from Ground to Glass

Author: Alice Feiring, Pascaline Lepeltier

Narrator: Callie Beaulieu

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/12/2017


Synopsis

Still drinking Cabernet after that one bottle you liked five years ago? It can be overwhelming if not intimidating to branch out from your go-to grape, but everyone wants their next wine to be new and exciting. How to choose the right one? Award-winning wine critic Alice Feiring presents an all-new way to look at the world of wine. While grape variety is important, a lot can be learned about wine by looking at the source: the ground in which it grows. A surprising amount of information about a wine’s flavor and composition can be gleaned from a region’s soil, and this guide makes it simple to find the wines you’ll love.

Featuring a foreword by Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier, who contributed her vast knowledge throughout the book, The Dirty Guide to Wine organizes wines not by grape, not by region, not by New or Old World, but by soil. If you enjoy a Chardonnay from Burgundy, you might find the same winning qualities in a deep, red Rioja. Feiring also provides a clarifying account of the traditions and techniques of wine-tasting, demystifying the practice and introducing a whole new way to enjoy wine to sommeliers and novice drinkers alike.

About Alice Feiring

Alice Feiring is a journalist, essayist, and the author of Naked Wine. She is the winner of both the James Beard and Louis Roederer Wine Writing Awards. In 2013, she was named Imbibe Magazine's wine person of the year. Her blog, The Feiring Line (alicefeiring.com), has been published since 2004. She lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kerry on July 26, 2017

Fun and entertaining with highlights of great producers and their stories!......more

Goodreads review by Karen M on August 15, 2023

Even if you don’t buy into the cult of biodynamic, organic wine you’ll still enjoy this book. Alice Feiring, co-authored with the master sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier, dives face first into the root of things by outlining the different types of soil (really bedrock) and how they affect the vine and......more

Goodreads review by Ed on April 29, 2020

Con un índice de contenidos totalmente diferente a cualquier otro libro sobre vinos, este texto revela una nueva forma de enfocar esta bebida. ¿Bebemos uvas o bebemos suelo? ¿Cuál es el carácter que define en mayor medida el vino? Para Alice Feiring y Pascaline Lepertier se podría entender que lo pr......more

Goodreads review by Alex on June 25, 2021

A really interesting subject and approach to wine but spoiled by some sloppy editing and a focus on the regions the authors like to the exclusion of other significant wine producing regions. I think it would have felt more comprehensive to focus on France (which is what this book is mostly about any......more

Goodreads review by Les on February 17, 2020

A really great, deep dive into how soil affects wine. It was an interesting exploration of how different grapes on similar soils have things in common. Very heavy on natural, organic, and biodynamic winemakers. Some interesting stories and a great reference. Not sure that audiobook was the best way......more