THE ESSENTIAL SCRATCH & SNIFF GUIDE TO BECOMING A WINE EXPERT

TAKE THE SNIFF TEST! Don’t know a Grenache from a syrah? A Semillon from a viognier? Hate Winespeak?

Richard Betts, one of the world’s leading authorities on wine, helps you get smart by introducing you to its basic components—the fruits, the earth, the wood—so you can scratch and sniff your way to learning what you like and why. Richard Betts is one of fewer than two hundred master sommeliers in the world, but he’s no wine snob and he hates wine-speak. In the first book of its kind, he helps readers scratch and sniff their way to expertise by introducing the basic components of wine—the fruits, the wood, the earth—enabling anyone to discover the difference between a Syrah and a Sangiovese and get the glass they love every time. Humorously illustrated, with 16 scents, this irresistible gift puts the fun back in wine fundamentals.