Cork Dork: A Wine-Fuelled Journey into the Art of Sommeliers and the Science of Taste

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I used to be SUPER INTO wine, even though I couldn't afford super nice bottles, but these days I'm more mildly interested than wholly enthused. If you have wondered about the mysteries of wine, and the airs of people who claim to know something about it, Cork Dork is essential reading.

Sommeliers have very specialized jobs to do, Asimov explained, whether it’s pairing wine and food, speed tasting, or identifying wines blind. Preserving Your Passion: A Glimpse into Luxurious Wine SanctuariesFor the discerning oenophile with a penchant for collecting rare and exquisite wines, ensuring the proper storage of these liquid treasures is.First, there’s the fact that I find it profoundly unsettling to drink anything other than water during a meal (with the exception of tea for breakfast). Bosker was the technology editor of The Huffington Post when she heard about the World’s Best Sommelier Competition. What I find very troublesome about that is, this is a language that we’re trying to use to make wine lovers out of people who are merely wine curious,” she explained. In fact, Bosker’s narrative voice is so colorful you might consider choosing the audio version so you can hear how well she mimics the smirky tone of some of the sommeliers she meets along the way.

The whole notion of connoisseurship is a by-product of geographic locations that don’t make wine in the first place, Asimov argued. The book starts with Bosker's introduction to the world of wine, in which she describes her initial encounters with wine and her lack of knowledge and understanding of it. Sommeliers are an intriguing group of humans who dedicate their lives to unpacking the nuance of taste and experience for those who can afford to frequent a restaurant which would employ one. A year after she set out on her quest to discover wine, Bosker was gearing up for her Certified Sommelier exam.

A page-turning and fascinating memoir…Bosker’s mix of science, food writing, and memoir will be enjoyed by many. One red and one white, both of which are from vineyards that I have had the pleasure of visiting and learning from the experts that run them.

Bosker flexes her journalism background as she educates her reader on how restaurants came to be, what the first sommeliers were like, and how our bodies interact with smell and taste. With boundless curiousity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist’s fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: What’s the big deal about wine? Whether you’re already deep into the wine world or don’t even know Pinot Noir from Pinot Grigio, Cork Dork is as entertaining as it is enlightening. Some visit us just to be in the bar area, it has a gorgeous rustic charm and a beautiful vintage bike adorning the wall.Cork Dork" is a memoir by Bianca Bosker, a journalist who delves into the world of wine and the people who are passionate about it. Despite the populism of the op-ed, Cork Dork’s focus on the most elite sommeliers and their rituals might just make wine more intimidating than ever. m. Chinese classes and a lot of flashcards with Chinese characters, foreshadowing the wine journey to be undertaken a decade later. I do think people who say they care about wine should be able to distinguish between processed and relatively unprocessed wines. The descriptors get wackier and wackier, not just things like green apples or blackberries, but "wet asphalt", "surgical glove", asparagus pee", "dried cardboard", and "salami farts".