Whose clothes somehow are never marred by coffee consumed from a leaky to-go cup on the way to her office. And whose writing style would lean towards the deeply informative while eschewing the engagingly captivating. Whose floor-to-ceiling library is organized alphabetically.
Like someone whose parking meter change is organized by coin size. You see, I’ve never taken a class from Karen, but I’ve met her several times and have one of her wine education video series, and she strikes me as one who is (hmmm, how do I put this?) “very precise”. Her obvious enthusiasm is shared with brevity and the perfect ratio of images to text, and does so without ever tiptoeing into the “ look how smart I am” territory. BUT, for those buying a paper version, I recommend the hard cover as you’ll use it often and your increasingly well-thumbed softcover version will need to be replaced all too soon.īut the biggest surprise to me was Karen’s warmth and lightness of tone. Today, cool-climate hybrid grape varieties have given way to vinifera varieties such as Pinot Noir. The first commercial Polish wine hit the market in June 2009. Polish wine is making a strong comeback after decades of decline during the Communist era. This makes researching a grape variety very difficult to do if using the paper version of the book, which lacks the convenience of electronic search capabilities. Number of wine producers in Poland, according to Statista. My only gripe is minor – some topics can be a tad difficult to find, as the book is organized by country/region and (at least in the advance copy I received) has no index. It is not the ONLY wine reference book you need, but it is certainly the first one to buy – the cornerstone for any wine library. Which one might see as sycophanitc burbling.
Amazon describes this book as “The #1 Best Seller” in their Wine Collecting category.ĭo I really need to say more? What can I add that the intelligence of the collective community hasn’t already said by voting with their credit cards? Just my opinion, I guess.
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