Must- Reads
Karen McNeil’s The Wine Bible – (now in its 3rd edition)!
Karen McNeil is a great writer. If you want to learn about wine, it is the one book you must have. One of the best-selling wine books of all time, THE WINE BIBLE is a lively tour from an expert teacher, grounding you deeply in all the fundamentals—vineyards and grapes, climate and soil—while layering on passionate asides, tips, anecdotes, definitions, illustrations, maps, labels, more than 400 full-color photographs, and an extensive grape glossary including 400-plus varieties. And it is actually fun to read!
Wine Folly: The Master Guide, Magnum Edition
by Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack
This book has the best review of different wine varietals I have seen. And the well-defined format, with graphs and drawings, providing information on everything from place of origin to food pairing suggestions, such as these charts on Pinot Noir, make it a breeze to use! This will become your go-to reference textbook
Finally, and mostly just-for-fun if you love to cook,
The Wine-Lover’s Cookbook,
by Sid Goldstein
is loaded with great recipes paired to the perfect wine. Most helpful is his division of pairings into Main Courses and bridge ingredients as fundamental to wine and food pairing.