The Wine Snob's Dictionary
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The Wine Snob's Dictionary by David Kamp
A nicely structured, lightly acidic addition to the handy Snob's Dictionary series, decoding the baffling world of winespeak from A to Z. Wine Snob. The very phrase seems redundant, doesn't it? When faced with this snobbiest of snobberies, the civilian wine enthusiast needs the help of savvy translators like David Kamp and David Lynch. Their Wine Snob's Dictionary delivers witty explication of both old-school oeno-obsessions (What's claret? Who's Michael Broadbent?) and such new-wave terms as malolactic fermentation and fruit bomb. Among the other things Kamp and Lynch demystify: Finish: the Snob code-term for aftertaste. (Robert Parker includes the stopwatch-measured length of a wine's finish in his ratings.) Meritage: an American wine classification that rhymes with heritage, and should NEVER be pronounced meri-TAHJ. Terroir: that elusive quality of vineyard soil that has sommeliers talking of gunflint, leather, and candied fruits Featuring ripe, luscious, full-bodied illustrations by Snob's Dictionary stalwart Ross MacDonald, The Wine Snob's Dictionary is as heady and sparkling as a vintage Taittinger, only much less expensive. and much more giggle-inducing. CheersDavid Lynch is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of our time, having been one of the few directors to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Lynch's popular and highly acclaimed cinematic ventures, such as Eraserhead, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive, are credited for breaking down the barrier between art cinema and mainstream filmmaking from the early 1970s to the current day.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780767926928 |
| ISBN 10 | 0767926927 |
| Title | The Wine Snob's Dictionary |
| Author | David Kamp |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) |
| Year published | 2008-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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