How to Test and Improve Your Wine Judging Ability (Third Edition) by Irving H. Marcus Updated and Edited by Heidi Butzine
Written over 35 years ago, the wisdom in How to Test and Improve Your Wine Judging Ability is timeless. Even if you’re not looking to become an “official” wine tasting judge, the author takes readers through the steps of understanding, evaluating and discussing wine. Useful to experienced and novice wine enthusiasts alike who want “to learn more about wine to enjoy it at its fullest” and be as good a wine judge as they can.
NEW EXPANDED Comments about the book from over the years still stand
San Francisco "A good book to have." Long Beach (Calif.) "An important addition to wine literature; enjoyable and instructive." Liquor Store "Can help the retailer become a better judge of the wines he buys." Los Angeles "Helpful, concise and over nobody's head." Vintage "A concrete basis to the subjective art of wine tasting and evaluation." San Francisco "Games that measure the accuracy of a taster's perceptions." Sunset "Has many suggestions for post-graduate tasters." Wine World "A book for anyone who wants to develop his tasting ability or to find out how good it already is." Beverage Industry "Can improve the imbiber's ability to make sound quality Judgements." Chicago "A meaty new treatise; a helpful handbook." American Wine Society "No question of its overall value.