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It\u2019s a rather bold book title but the content delivers on the promise. Again. And while the publisher\u2019s name is Workman, this is much, much more than a workman-like opus.
\nKaren MacNeil participated at the Wine Blogger\u2019s Conference in the Finger Lakes this year and shared her insights, personal story, and passion. Soon after, the second edition was released and I got an early copy for review.<\/p>\n
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\nWow!
\nComprehensive, thorough, up-to-date and packed full of practical and useful content, it\u2019s a delight to read. Unlike other major wine reference tomes, this is decidedly not an encyclopedia. It reads more like a travelogue-cum-textbook with some deliciously expressive prose.
\nHere\u2019s what she has to say about Feiler-Artinger\u2019s Ruster Ausbruch, one of my favorite stickys from Austria, and a winery and winemaker I had the privilege of dining with one winter\u2019s evening in Rust. \u201cFeiler-Artinger\u2019s Ruster Ausbruch Essenz is a liquid caress, enveloping you and folding you into it. The wine quite simply has awesome beauty\u2026Dried fruits, nuts, and dried citrus peel explode on the palate, and refinement and exquisiteness (at just 6.5 percent alcohol) is crazy good.\u201d\u00a0 I love it…crazy good.
\nAnd this from the chapter on Ribera del Duero: \u201cOld vines, gnarled as if in agony, protrude from the rough ground. If the ground holds vines in place everywhere else in the world, in Ribera del Duero, the opposite seems true. Earth herself clings to the muscular vines.\u201d\u00a0 Brilliant and so very, very accurate.<\/p>\n
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\nHer overview of Greece includes an homage to the foods of that country, without which the wines it produces can\u2019t be truly appreciated. Similarly for the color commentary of Campania she retells the competing stories of Lacryma Christi (trust me\u2026if the stories don\u2019t make you cry, the wines will. Thank you Filipo di Belardino and Piero Mastroberardino.)
\nWhile it\u2019s too big to consume in one sitting, I\u2019ve been enjoying, or better said, savoring each chapter and learning a lot along the way. Karen\u2019s notes on petrol and its presence in aged Rieslings helped me understand the flaw\/characteristic argument.
\nBottom line, everyone should have a copy of The Wine Bible in their library, or better yet, keep it in the kitchen. It’s just the ticket to get a conversation started.\u00a0 You can order your copy from Amazon here: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wine-Bible-Karen-MacNeil\/dp\/0761180834\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450222535&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wine+bible<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"