Name: How to Love Wine
ISBN: 9780061802522

Eric Asimov

"A beautifully written, thought-provoking combination memoir and manifesto by Eric Asimov, the acclaimed, highly respected chief wine critic for the New York Times"--

A Memoir and Manifesto

How to Love Wine

Stephen Schenkenberg

Really like this passage: 

To assert that tasting notes amount to an "intellectual dissection" of a wine is to ignore the fact that the more specific the description of flavors and aromas, the less one is actually saying about a wine and what it has to offer. People drink wine for many reasons. It makes them happy, it cheers them up, it is delicious, it makes meals better, it is intoxicating, it enhances friendships, it serves a spiritual purpose, and that is only the beginning. Wine can be transporting. It can, in one glass, embody culture, science, economics, personality, history, and much more. Fine wines stimulate conversation. We may be moved to debate what makes it so fine. But very rarely, if ever, does a true intellectual dissection of wine consist of sticking one's beak into a glass and reciting the components of a cornucopia.

How to Love Wine A Memoir and Manifesto