How to taste wine [electronic resource]

Evans, Len2015

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For more than forty years, Len Evans cajoled, charmed and bullied his fellow Australians into drinking wine. He left England for beer-soaked Australia in the 1950s, and soon found work as glass washer in a Sydney pub. From these humble beginnings was launched one of the wine industry's great careers. As food and beverage manager of the legendary Chevron Hotel, as director of the Australian Wine Bureau, as 'Cellarmaster' of the Bulletin, as founder of the Rothbury Estate and chairman of Petaluma and Tower Estate, and as the doyen of show judges, all through his life, Len Evans was intimately involved with the production, promotion and - especially - the consumption of the 'glorious drink'. How To Taste Wine distils Evans' vast experience into one succinct and practical volume, providing the reader with the essentials of wine tasting; the fundamentals of evaluating the nuances of wine. In his inimitable style, occasionally debunking conventional wisdom and pricking pompous ba...