Wine Snob

For a whole year, Bianca Bosker studied everything related to the world of winemaking and the culture of tasting this drink. She communicated with scientists, winemakers, collectors of rare wine bottles, and the best of the best sommeliers. And she... generously shared all the accumulated knowledge in her book "Wine Snob". Isn't a sommelier just a waiter with a foreign name, pushing expensive bottles to restaurant visitors?
 
The author of the book "Wine Snob" also thought so until she delved into the study of the world of wine and got to know the best representatives of the profession, for whom serving wine is not so much a job as a lifestyle in the name of taste and pleasure.
 
This is not a guide to buying wine and not an ode to drinking traditions. It is not so much a journey from the vine to the glass, but a journey from the glass down the esophagus — into the wild world of wine obsession and love for it in all its forms and with all its flaws. It is an exploration of a strong connection with a drink that has a 7000-year history, one that held a place of honor on the tables of Egyptian pharaohs, poor peasants, Russian tsars, magnates from Wall Street, decent parents from peaceful suburbs, and Chinese students.
 
Prepare to go behind the scenes of Michelin restaurant dining rooms, to wild bacchanalias, as well as inside tomographic scanners and scientific laboratories.
 
This book is not only about wine. It is more about how to learn to listen to your feelings, to feel and appreciate the world around you more deeply.