30 Second Wine Advisor - The book
<table border="0" align="right" width="150"><tr><td><img src="http://www.wineloverspage.com/graphics1/tswabook210.jpg" border="0" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td>Order Robin Garr's "The 30 Second Wine Advisor: Learn about wine in 30-second tastes - quick, easy & fun" from Amazon.com in paperback for $19.95.</td></tr></table>It has been almost nine years since I sent out the first edition of <I>The 30 Second Wine Advisor</i>, and since that day early in 1999, almost 2,000 columns have gone out to a growing Email list that now numbers some 40,000 wine lovers in more than 100 countries around the world.
Over those years, quite a few readers have asked a frequent question: "Why don't you assemble a bunch of these articles into a handy learn-about-wine book?"
Makes sense to me! Now, just in time for holiday gift-giving, we've published <I>The 30 Second Wine Advisor</I>, subtitled, "Learn about wine in 30-second tastes - quick, easy & fun."
As the name implies, the book - like this column - breaks wine appreciation down into short, informative articles. Each article doesn't take long to read, but taste by taste, day by day, they build your wine knowledge and enhance your confidence in the sometimes daunting world of fine wine.
We've sought to include something for everyone in this collection of wine tips, trends and trivia. You'll find answers to the most frequently asked wine questions, plus all sorts of wine basics: "How many people is a bottle of wine supposed to serve?" "Why do waiters always stick the white wine in an ice bucket, but never the red?" "How come none of the good red wine is sweet?" And, "Why do wine judges spit it out?"
You'll also catch up on wine trends: organic wine, screw caps, sulfites, wine you can carry home from the restaurant, shipping wine to your home, and more. Not to mention the kind of offbeat lore you expect from The 30 Second Wine Advisor but rarely find elsewhere: What wine goes with spam? What foods <i>don't</i> go well with wine? Do those wacky wine-enhancing magnets and crystals really work? (Answer: No.) All this and much more: You'll find it here.
<i>The 30 Second Wine Advisor</i> is currently available in paperback for $19.95, only from Amazon.com. Click to learn more and place your order:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1434816486/robingarrswineloA/
If you've enjoyed my random daily walks through the world of wine, I think you'll find this more organized collection a quick and useful guide, for yourself and for friends who already love wine or who would like to make its acquaintance. What's more, your purchase will go a long way to help support The 30 Second Wine Advisor E-letter and all of WineLoversPage.com (and LouisvilleHotBytes.com), for which you have my grateful thanks.
