First Big Crush: The Down and Dirty on Making Great Wine Down Under
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (902 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 145161327X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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G. Arnold said Outstanding book. You will really enjoy this book. An inside look, very humorous and entertaining as well as informative.. Excellent read, from Marisa D'Vari of AWineStory.com So you've seen the film Sideways and know how geeky wine aficionados can get about their favorite grape. Hey, you've been there too after a few glasses of Pinot Noir or Cabernet Sauvignon. Once upon a time you felt pretty slick about your wine savvy, but now you're curious to learn more. How is wine made, anyway? What happens during the harvest? Are gr. Of Grapes and Men Barbara Hudgins Lately there have been a number of travel memoirs in the "how I took a year off and did something crazy in a foreign country" mode. Usually these travels have been inspired by a great emotional upheaval in the writer. Consider the current bestseller, "Eat, Pray, Love" in which the author goes off to Italy, India and Indonesia to recover from a love aff
There are also rowdy nights at the local pub, girls, meat pies, girls, rugby, and tales of hunting wild pig. Along the way, each step of the winemaking process is explained in a way that humans can actually understand. So begin Eric's adventures in the world of wine. The story behind the bottle, First Big Crush is Eric Arnold's wild account of his year immersing himself in all things wineand somehow not winding up in rehab. Never having held a meaningful job for very long (and getting fired from most of them), Eric Arnold heads to New Zealand -- to Allan Scott Wines -- seeking adventure and hoping to learn a little bit about wine. Almost against his will, Eric becomes an expert.. What
This is the hilarious, honest, knock-it-off-the-pedestal account of how it really happens. Now that I've read this book, I really don't want to make it. "How refreshing! The world according to Arnold shows it isn't all Grand Cru and roses. We come away better informed, trusting our own palate, and with our vinous compass pointed to fun!" -- Richard Betts, master sommelier and cofounder of Betts & Scholl wines"I've collected wine since the '70s, but I never thought about making it. I'll stick with drinking it." -- Sammy Hagar, singer/songwriter and founder of Cabo Wabo Tequila""First Big Crush" is unlike any wine book I've ever read, a hugely entertaining hybrid of the participatory journalism of George Plimpton, the hallucinatory journalism of Hunter Thompson, and frat house bathroom graffiti. He's a bull
Eric Arnold has been an awful stand-up comedian whose only measure of success was selling a joke to Jay Leno for $50. He has been an editor at Wine Spectator and lives in Brooklyn, New York.