Shopper5377: Cute gift for wine lovers. The scents are surprisingly accurate!
United States on Mar 15, 2023
Naveen Benny: Not a single wine smell in the book. They have put stickers of how vanilla and fruits smell but nothing to do with wine. Can get this information from a 30s YouTube short. Absolute waste of money.
India on Aug 20, 2022
Chrissy Jones: This book is an easy to follow guide to understand what you are smelling and tasting as you educate yourself in what the different hints, scents and tastes one can experience in learning about the wines of the world. Scratch and sniff as you read about the wines. It may take you awhile to distinguish each scent one smells as each of us has a difference in how one "smells" certain scents. Bottom line each of us knows what we like in certain wines--namely, how it tastes --we will define that wine as tasting GOOD regardless of how the author has described what we smell.
United States on Dec 03, 2021
Jennifer: It was pretty neat but almost felt a bit childish. Not sure i would purchase again but if you are looking for just a fun into to wine this could work for you.
Canada on Jul 04, 2017
Alaina Dugas: Purchased this after learning about it's existence on TV, as a funny gift for my Mom (who is a bit of a wineaholic). Book does not have as many scratch-and-sniff areas as I was expecting, but it does seem to have some actually good educational information in it. Overall, pleased with the book.
Canada on Jun 13, 2016
edouard cointreau: This is an inventive and fun way to learn about wine. It works, and you learn without any effort, unconsciously. In fact your memory is strongly impacted by the process of scratching and sniffing. The quick experiment is fun. Its value cames in later tastings, with unconscious memory helping you. It is a very smart book, by a very intelligent author. and it makes the reader that uses it smarter without really becoming aware of it.. The perfect gift for wine lovers
France on Jul 17, 2015
Posh Gypsy: Most of the reviews have described this book as a great gift but I actually wanted it as learning tool. I am a newbie to the world of wine and I'm trying to improve my palate.
I don't mind that it looks like a child's pop-up book because the information is very good. For example, I didn't realize that only certain red-color fruits are found in red wines, that is, the author explains that you won't find lemon or pineapple in red wines. This is news to me because I thought any fruit aroma was game to appear in any wines. Narrowing the field for me helps, but this is where the author stops short! On the page where he talks about red wine, there is an illustration of the fruits and then the scratch and sniff thing, but not one mention of the fruits! There are illustrations of cherries and what looks like strawberries, but not one fruit is mentioned by name, even though the title of this section is "What fruit do you smell in red wine?" It would have been nice to be able to name some of the fruits.
By far the most disappointing part is the scratch and sniff. They were just too faint to get any sense of what I should be smelling. If the picture weren't there, you'd have...
United States on Aug 02, 2014
Ainhoa Olaciregui: Very nice book to understand and have better idea about the wine world. But is not the best book to become a sommelier. It's just funny that for sure
United Kingdom on May 27, 2014
Ursiform: I've been tasting--and drinking!--wine for decades. My friends tend to think of me as something of a connoisseur. But when I read descriptions like "undertones of rose petals beneath burnt shoe leather" I roll my eyes.
This book, on the other hand, oversimplifies, decomposing wine into a handful of aromas. I think that's a good starting point, and I applaud the author for cutting through the crap of wine puffery. But there is another level or two of subtlety beyond this book, and it won't make you an "expert".
In format it's a 22 page board book, much like you'd give a small child. But the text, as well as the subject, is grown up. It walks you through the basic categories of wine smells--the biggest components of taste--and lets you "scratch & sniff". As such, it's a great starting point for understanding wine.
What's peculiar is that while the author does noble service in cutting through the pretense that surrounds--and inflicts--wine tasting and wine descriptions, he feels the need to posture his brief, otherwise excellent, introduction as a guide that will make readers experts. In that, he's actually pretentious in attacking pretension.
If you...
United States on Oct 26, 2013
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| Total Reviews | 23 reviews | 239 reviews | 72 reviews |
| Board book | 22 pages | ||
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| Item Weight | 1.1 pounds | ||
| Publisher | Harvest; Mus Brdbk/ edition | Avery; Illustrated edition | Harry N. Abrams |
| Dimensions | 10 x 0.73 x 8 inches | 7.59 x 1.04 x 9.79 inches; 2.3 Pounds | 7 x 0.63 x 9 inches; 1.34 Pounds |
| Language | English | English | English |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4/5 stars of 1,092 ratings | 4.8/5 stars of 7,993 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 921 ratings |
| Best Sellers Rank | #176 in eBook Readers | #1 in Wine Tasting#1 in Wine #1 in Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making | #5 in Wine Pairing#33 in Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making#40 in Wine |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0544005037 | 978-0525533894 | 978-1419744914 |
| ISBN-10 | 0544005031 | 0525533893 | 1419744917 |
United States on Jul 23, 2023