Wine Tasting Notebook
by Steve De Long
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Author: Steve De LongBrand: HomeAndWine.com
Edition: Diary
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-14
ISBN: 097236322X
Number of pages: 60
Publisher: De Long Company
Product features:
- Hard cover
- 60 Pages
- Removable tasting chart
Book Reviews of Wine Tasting Notebook
Book Review: A very handy notebook for the beginning wine lover
Summary: 5 Stars
Twelve years ago I started drinking wine seriously, at first on the advice of a doctor, but soon just for the joy of the endeavor. Several wine lovers taught me that keeping good tasting notes is a great way to learn about wine very quickly. Steve De Long has put together a very handy notebook that will teach you how to do just that.
The first section consists of 60 forms to help guide you in writing notes on your first 60 wines. I've posted a copy of the form in the first Comment, and De Long urges you "PLEASE SHARE: Download more forms as well as instructions from from the [De Long website], print out as many as you like, email to your friends or purchase De Long's Wine Tasting Notebook."
The second section shows you how to fill out the form for the wines you taste, and the third section teaches you the meanings of 216 commonly used wine tasting words and phrases. The notebook lies flat for easy use, the paper takes a great impression from either pen or pencil, the Notebook looks elegant, and it fits easily in your pocket or purse.
Robin Garr, web master of the fact filled "Wine Lovers Page" and author of The 30 Second Wine Advisor: Learn about wine in 30-second tastes -- quick, easy & fun wrote an excellent essay about the value of keeping wine tasting notes:
"But here's a serious point: Anyone who enjoys wine enough to take it up as a hobby - which in my mind is really what being a wine "geek" is all about - is well advised to adopt early the habit of keeping a TN notebook. Make it a practice to jot down some kind of a note - it doesn't have to be fancy, but put down at least the name of the wine and a comment ("Great juice!" may be sufficient). At the end of a year, you'll have a book full of notes, and it can be very helpful to go back and jog your memory - when you try a new wine from the same region, or of the same grape variety, or the next year's vintage - it helps you build a "palate memory" that will strengthen your tasting skills.
Over the years I've written over 50,000 wine tasting notes. My experience in writing them convince me that both the Tasting Notebook and the De Long's De Long's Wine Grape Varietal Table are great resources for learning more about wine.
Robert C. Ross 2008
Summary of Wine Tasting Notebook
De Long's WINE TASTING NOTEBOOK is a simple, inexpensive yet elegant way to "hit the ground running" and learn about wine. It also makes a thoughtful gift for all wine lovers.A CONCISE LEARNING TOOL IN THREE PARTS:
1. The Wine Tasting Notebook puts the repetitive parts of a note in convenient multiple choice for pros as well as acting as training wheels for beginners
2. Wine Tasting Terms helps build your wine tasting vocabulary with 216 popular terms explained in brief. Includes practical details on identifying wine faults.
3. How to Take a Wine Tasting Note walks you through the fundamentals of wine tasting. Wine is a complicated subject but the basic principles of wine tasting are not.
* Elegant black cover with gold embossing slips easily into a coat pocket or purse.
* Sewn binding lays flat for comfortable writing.
* Water resistant wine tasting guide including WINE TASTING TERMS and HOW TO TAKE A WINE NOTE stores inside back cover.
The Smart Way to Learn About Wine Tasting
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