The Cynic's Guide to Wine

Sunny Hodge, founder of Diogenes the Dog and aspen and meursault strips wine back to its basic science and unravels the facts behind wine flavours, showing a clear path through the verbiage. Taking in elements of viticulture, soil science, botany and sensory science as well as oenology, provided in bite-sized chunks aimed at the curious non-scientist.

This is a straightforward and eye-opening book for anybody who has ever wanted to question the stories told around wine but was afraid to ask.

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