Wine Snob

For a whole year, Bianca Bosker studied everything related to the world of winemaking and the culture of tasting this drink. She communicated with scientists, winemakers, collectors of rare wine bottles, and the best of the best sommeliers. And she generously shared all her accumulated knowledge in the book "Wine Snob." Isn’t a sommelier just a waiter with a foreign name, pushing expensive bottles on restaurant patrons?

The author of the book "Wine Snob" thought so too, until she immersed herself in the study of the wine world and met the best representatives of the profession for whom serving wine is not just a job, but a way of life in the name of taste and pleasure.

This is not a guide to buying wine, nor an ode to drinking traditions. It is less a journey from grapevine to glass, and more a journey from glass through the esophagus - into the wild world of wine obsession and love for it in all its forms and imperfections. It is an exploration of a strong connection with a drink that has a 7,000-year history, which held an honored place on the tables of Egyptian pharaohs, poor peasants, Russian tsars, Wall Street magnates, respectable parents from peaceful suburbs, and Chinese students.

Prepare to go behind the scenes of Michelin-starred restaurant dining rooms, into wild Bacchanalias, as well as inside CT scanners and scientific laboratories.

This book is not only about wine. It is more about how to learn to listen to your senses, to feel and appreciate the world around you more deeply.