A TASTE FOR WINE
Delighted to announce that my new book will be launching this autumn. It’s a practical unpretentious guide to understanding, tasting and appreciating wine – it’s a ‘general’ wine book with a difference – ideal for the adventurous wine lover.
Includes 10 step-by-step tasting practices which you can do at home with or without tasting buddies, focus on food/wine matching, taste trends (natural, orange, low/no alcohol, Pet Nat), two page features on the changing world of wine from carbon neutral wineries to future proof grapes – and a detailed guide to 100+ indigenous grapes and 51 wine countries – with my pick of the best wineries to visit. You can pre-order your copy now on Amazon etc.
Published by Mitchell Beazley, Octopus Publishing Group
Launching on 16 October 2025
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