{"product_id":"tasting-pleasure-isbn-9780140270013","title":"Tasting Pleasure","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic book about the pleasures of wine by the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Companion to Wine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven the French admit that Jancis Robinson is  the \"undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine\" (\u003ci\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e) and her is vintage memoir of a life in wine. Internationally renowned for her work in both television and print, she is the editor of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eOxford Companion to Wine\u003c\/i\u003e and has won more than two dozen major awards around the world. \u003ci\u003eTasting Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e is her compelling account of a passion that began while studying at Oxford University.Writing with Julia Child's authority, Elizabeth David's intelligence, and M.F.K. Fisher's verve, Robinson takes us on a journey through the world's finest cellars, most beautiful vineyards, and best restaurants. As she explores the universe of the grape--from Bordeaux to Australia and South Africa to California--we meet scores of colorful, wine-loving characters, including Philippe de Rothschild, Julian Barnes, Francis Ford Coppola, and Julio Gallo.There are many books about producing and  rating wine; this one is about enjoying it. Witty, revealing, and knowledgeable, in \u003ci\u003eTasting Pleasure \u003c\/i\u003eJancis Robinson has distilled twenty years in the wine world into a hugely entertaining read.Tasting PleasureAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eA Tale of Two Wine Producers\u003cbr\u003eLiquid Magic - Birth of a Wine Lover\u003cbr\u003eBecoming a Wine Writer\u003cbr\u003eEarly Days - Wine-Sodden Nights\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Wine Trade\u003cbr\u003eBlind Tasting\u003cbr\u003eFirst Steps Abroad\u003cbr\u003eThe Thirsty Tour Operator\u003cbr\u003eMy Very Own Imprint\u003cbr\u003eCasting Adrift\u003cbr\u003eA New World of Wine\u003cbr\u003eLurching Toward Respectability\u003cbr\u003eWine on the Box\u003cbr\u003eMarathon Tastings, and a 1787\u003cbr\u003eMastering Wine\u003cbr\u003eDistractions\u003cbr\u003eThe Wine Revolution, and My Cellar\u003cbr\u003eA Stake in the Motherland\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering France's Stomach\u003cbr\u003eSome Very Special Bottles\u003cbr\u003eThe Ball and Chain Cast Off\u003cbr\u003eHalf Centuries\u003cbr\u003eOn Writing About Wine\u003cbr\u003eVin Fin\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"She writes about wine and the people who make it in a style both personable and reporterly; she refuses to take herself too seriously; and she is something of a gossip.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eColeman Andrews, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaveur\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"worth buying just for the sections on the secret world of the Gallo dynasty and Robert Parker\" \u003ci\u003e-\u003cb\u003e-  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Neill\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robinson is a jaunty writer who imparts her expertise with ease. Here she tours the vineyards of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Australia and California (where, with a touch of show-biz pizzazz, she visits Francis Ford Coppola's Napa Valley wine estate), and along the way explains the qualities that distinguish the finest wines, introduces winemakers and gossips about major figures in the trade.\"\u003cb\u003e -- Publishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJancis Robinson,\u003c\/b\u003e OBE and Master of Wine is one of the world's leading authorities on wine, voted the Wine Writers' Writer by her peers in The Observer. The first person outside the wine trade to have passed the notoriously tough Master of Wine exams, she is now the wine columnist for the\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and writes a regular column for publications in ten countries on five continents. She is known to millions as a television presenter on wine and food, and wrote and presented the award-winning 10-part Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, shown around the world in the late 1990s. Shecurrently spends the majority of her time writing for her website www.jancisrobinson.com, which has subscribers from over 70 countries. Among her nine wine books are the bestselling \u003ci\u003eOxford Companion to Wine\u003c\/i\u003e (editor) and \u003ci\u003eJancis Robinson's Wine Course\u003c\/i\u003e, the basis of a five-hour PBS-TV series. She lives in London.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305415528677,"sku":"NP9780140270013","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140270013.jpg?v=1767737809","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tasting-pleasure-isbn-9780140270013","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}