Whats a good book for a novice wine connoisseur?
I’ve just started getting into wines within the past few months, and I can make two recommendations. Wine for Dummies is a great overview of basic information, especially what sort of things you can glean from wine labels. Especially good for sorting out what regional names correspond to what varieties. (In most of the world, wines are named for the type of grape they are made from, but in France, Italy, and Spain they tend to be named for the region that they’re grown in–and there are strict limitations on what grapes can be grown in what regions, if the wine is to carry the name of that regions. So this book was very helpful in figuring out that a French Burgundy is made from Pinot Noir grapes, for example.) G
