Madeline Puckette - Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine

WINE FOLLY

Life is too short to drink bad wine. Anonymous

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Puckette, Madeline, author.
Wine folly : the essential guide to wine / Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack.
p. cm
ISBN 978-0-399-57596-9
1. Wine and wine making. I. Hammack, Justin, author. II.

Title.
TP548.P793 2015 2015025749
641.2'2dc23 Book design by Madeline Puckette

Contents ii

introduction Like wine? Want to know more about it? This book is for those of us who need
simple guidance to get over the challenges of getting into wine. It contains prac
tical knowledge that is immediately useful to help you find and enjoy great wine. This guide is small on purpose. Its a visual refer
ence guide designed specifically for everyday wine
drinkers. Within these pages youll find: Wine fundamentals
How to taste, handle, and store wine
A compendium of 55 different types of wine
20 detailed wine maps Want more? Go online. http://winefolly.com/book Hundreds of articles
How-to videos
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Why Learn About Wine Perhaps you want to stock up on delicious value wines. Or maybe you want to
navigate a restaurant wine list with confidence. Learning about wine starts
with the realization that the wine world is a lot bigger than we think: There are over a thousand wine
varieties to choose from... There are thousands of wine
regions with unique wines... Every day, an average of 600 new
wines are released...

Fortunately, wine isnt overwhelming when you have a solid foundation. A good
foundation leads to informed purchases and better-tasting wine. The Challenge Complete the following challenges and you will gain confidence both in
choosing and tasting wine. Taste at least 34 of the 55 wines
included in this book (just not
all at once!). Take great tasting
notes (). ). ).

Learn how to blind taste (pgs.
) your favorite single
varietal wine.

Fundamentals

winefolly.com / learn / basics Wine
Basics What is wine Wine Bottle Facts Basic Wine
Characteristics Definition of wine, grape varieties,
regions, and whats inside a single
bottle of wine. On drinking, sulfites, bottle sizes,
and ways that bottles are labeled. Definitions of the 5 basic traits
of wine: alcohol, acidity, tannin,
sweetness and body.

INSIDE A BOTTLE
OF WINE

winefolly.com / learn / basics / what-is-wine What is wine? Wine is an alcoholic beverage
made with fermented grapes.
Technically, wine can be made
with any fruit, but most wines are
made with wine grapes. Wine grapes are different than
table grapes.

They are much
smaller, they have seeds, and
they are also sweeter than table
grapes. Grapevines take a year to grow
grapes. The harvest in the
northern hemisphere is Aug.Oct.,
and the harvest in the southern
hemisphere is Feb.Apr. Vintage refers to the year when
the grapes were harvested.
Non-vintage (NV) wines are a
blend of several harvests. A single-varietal wine is made
with one grape variety (e.g., Pinot
Noir, ). A wine blend is made by mix
ing several wines together (e.g.,
Bordeaux blend, ).

A temperate climate is where
grapes grow best. In North Amer
ica, grapes grow from northern
Mexico to southern Canada. Regions with cooler climates
make wines that taste more tart. Regions with warmer climates
make wines that taste more ripe.

winefolly.com / learn / basics / what-is-wine

winefolly.com / learn / basics / wine-bottle-facts Wine Bottle Facts DRINKING Facts STANDARD BOTTLE SIZE A standard 750 ml bottle contains
5 servings of wine. STANDARD WINE POUR A standard pour is 5 oz (150 ml)
and contains an average of 150
calories and 02 grams of carbs.

HEALTHY DRINKING The National Cancer Institute
recommends that women have
no more than 1 drink per day and
men have no more than 2. A GLASS A DAY If you drink a glass of wine every