Top 12 Books For Winos

because winotrippers love books!

Posted by Rich

WinoTripping's Top 12 Books for Winos
with links to buy online from an indie bookstore near you!

Wine Trials 2010 shows you what happens when you take two bottles of wine, a cheap bottle and an expensive bottle, put a bag around them and have experts blind taste them. The new 2010 edition gives you 150 wines for under $15 that beat $50+ bottles in the brown-bag blind tasting. This proves that, with some research, you never really have to spend more than $15 bucks to get a great bottle of wine.

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Judgement of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting... tells the story of the historic blind tasting in France that put California on the map. In 1976, an all French wine panel picked California wines as the best in both red and white: a 1973 Stag's Leap Cabernet and a 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. Author George Taber was the only journalist on hand to report on the now legendary event. A must read!

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Wine Secrets is a collection of tricks, tips, and wisdom from some of the best known wine and food experts in the world. What do you learn about a wine's style by it's packaging clues? How do you know when a wine is ready to drink? These questions, and more, are answered. A great gift for the beginner or experienced wine lover.

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Been Doon So Long collects the ramblings of one of the great California wine makers, Randall Grahm. Often credited (and blamed) for some irreverent wine marketing that launched his Bonny Doon brands into the hearts and mouths of millions, Randall Grahm has become a living legend. The book includes many of the cool bonus material that has been doled out to Bonny Doon club members over the years, like a great vino-centric version of Dante's Divine Comedy. Just receive the James Beard Book Award.

The House of Mondavi is a drama about four generations of one of the most famous wine families in the United States. Not unlike a soap opera or a Shakespearean play, complete with sibling rivalries, backstabbing and utter genius, this is the story of the rise and fall of the Mondavi empire.