Find your next bottle.
Read labels, describe your preferences, navigate unfamiliar regions, and ask a merchant questions that actually help.
A PRACTICAL COMPANION · FIRST EDITION
A little knowledge.
A better glass.
Learn to choose with confidence, taste with attention, and make every bottle more at home at your table.
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Explore the first 20 pagesFor the curious, not just the connoisseur.
CHOOSE · TASTE · SERVE · ENJOY
400thoughtfully arranged pages
20chapters, from glass to vineyard
Onemore confident wine drinker
KNOW WHAT YOU ENJOY. KNOW WHY.
Wine belongs at the table.
So does good advice.
You do not need a cellar, a collector’s budget, or someone else’s tasting vocabulary. You need a few useful questions—and a clear way to find the answers.
This illustrated companion moves from the glass in your hand to the places and decisions behind it. Short, focused lessons combine explanations with comparisons, practical exercises, and things you can try at your next meal.
Give your senses a language.
Separate sweetness from fruit, acidity from tannin, and personal preference from the reputation on the label.
Make the details work.
Choose glassware, serve at a useful temperature, store bottles sensibly, and build pairings around the finished dish.
A ROUTE THROUGH WINE
Twenty chapters.
Many ways in.
Read from the beginning or go straight to tonight’s question. Every chapter contains nineteen focused lessons.
01A confident first glass
Wine without the performance · Acidity is freshness · Sweetness has a place · The price is not the palate · Less equipment more attentionPages 9–27 · 19 lessons
02Taste with attention
Set the scene · Fruit families · Taste for structure · Compare before you rank · Spit like a professionalPages 28–46 · 19 lessons
03From vineyard to bottle
The vineyard is a workplace · Water and the vine · Harvest decisions · White wine and pressing · Oak as an ingredientPages 47–65 · 19 lessons
04Glassware and good service
The useful everyday glass · Clean glass clean aroma · Light reds take a chill · Open a still bottle · Pour with controlPages 66–84 · 19 lessons
05Storage and the life of a bottle
Storage is protection · Humidity and household reality · Transport on a hot day · Read a drinking window · Opened sparkling winePages 85–103 · 19 lessons
06Buy and order with confidence
Start with a spending ceiling · Read the back label · Organic biodynamic and natural · The restaurant conversation · Corkage without awkwardnessPages 104–122 · 19 lessons
07White grapes worth knowing
Find your white-wine compass · Chenin Blanc and range · Gewürztraminer and spice · Garganega and Soave · Aligote and the apéritifPages 123–141 · 19 lessons
08Red grapes worth knowing
Find your red-wine compass · Merlot and the middle ground · Mourvèdre and savory depth · Barbera and brightness · Carménère and green notesPages 142–160 · 19 lessons
09France beyond the label
Read France through place · The Côte de Nuits · Left Bank and Right Bank · Loire Cabernet Franc · Provence and roséPages 161–179 · 19 lessons
10Italy at the table
Read Italy through food and place · Tuscany and Sangiovese · Veneto and Valpolicella · Alto Adige · Sicily and EtnaPages 180–198 · 19 lessons
11Spain, Portugal, and the Atlantic
Iberia in three questions · Bierzo and Mencía · Cava and traditional-method wine · Dão and freshness · Lisboa and Atlantic influencePages 199–217 · 19 lessons
12Germany, Austria, and nearby discoveries
Cool-climate does not mean thin · Rheingau and structure · Austrian Riesling · Greece beyond holiday wine · Slovenia and CroatiaPages 218–236 · 19 lessons
13The Americas in the glass
Read the Americas without cliches · California Chardonnay · New York and the Finger Lakes · Coastal Chilean whites · Uruguay and TannatPages 237–255 · 19 lessons
14Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
The southern hemisphere is diverse · Margaret River · Australian blends · Hawkes Bay and red blends · Swartland and old vinesPages 256–274 · 19 lessons
15Sparkling, rosé, sweet, and fortified
Choose by structure first · Champagne terms that help · Skin-contact white wine · Fortification explained · Oxidative SherryPages 275–293 · 19 lessons
16Pairing principles that work
Pair the dish you actually made · Salt changes the wine · Bitterness can accumulate · Aromatics as a bridge · Pairing for several dishesPages 294–312 · 19 lessons
17Dinner table field guide
An apéritif with purpose · Roast chicken · Lamb and herbs · Beans lentils and comfort · Cheese by stylePages 313–331 · 19 lessons
18Faults, myths, and better judgments
When a wine seems wrong · Volatile acidity · Crystals and sediment · Old is not automatically better · Color does not predict sweetnessPages 332–350 · 19 lessons
19Host with ease
Plan around people · Set up a tasting station · Serve without a speech · A bring-a-bottle evening · End the meal gracefullyPages 351–369 · 19 lessons
20Make the knowledge your own
Your personal wine compass · Train aroma without wine · An age comparison · Keep learning without collecting trophies · Pairing notebook worksheetPages 370–388 · 19 lessons
Plus serving and storage tables, a glossary, 56 linked sources, and a practical index.
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YOUR GUIDE
Julien Moreau
From Beaune, with curiosity.
Introduced as a French sommelier raised in Beaune, Julien is the host of this approachable guide to wine. The book draws its direction from a simple idea: understanding the details should make wine more enjoyable.
Learn the traditions, notice the differences, and build a vocabulary that feels like your own.
BEFORE YOU OPEN IT
A few useful answers.
Is this suitable for a complete beginner?
Yes. The opening chapters explain structure and tasting in plain language. Later chapters cover buying, regions, service, pairing, and hosting. You can return to the reference tables whenever you need a quick reminder.
What will the full edition include?
A 400-page digital PDF with twenty chapters, 380 lessons, six writing pages, chapter links, reference tables, a glossary, source links, and an index.
Can I buy it now?
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Is there a printed edition?
This edition is a digital PDF. A printed book, shipping, and a subscription are not included. The PDF can be read on a computer, tablet, or phone.
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understanding to the table.
One useful lesson at a time.
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