num_pages: 192
description: Winner of the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards Chairmans AwardA Best Wine Book of the Year by The New York TimesA Best Wine Gift by WineSpeedA paean to authentic wines describing their fundamental qualities and their power to improve and enrich our lives from one of the wine worlds most intriguing personalities ( New York Times ).What makes a wine worth drinking? As celebrated wine writer Terry Theise explains in this gem of a book answering that seemingly simple question requires us to look beyond whats in our glass to consider much bigger questions about beauty harmony soulfulness and the values we hold dear. Most of all Theise shows what makes a wine worth drinking is its authenticity. When we choose small-scale family-produced wine over the industrially produced stuff or when we opt for subtle companionable wines over noisy vulgar ones we not only experience their origins with the greatest possible clarity and detailwe also gain a new perspective on ourselves and the world we inhabit. In this way artisanal wine is not only the key to good drinking; it is also the key to a good life .An unforgettable literary journey into the heart and soul of wine What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking is a gift to be cherished from a writer whose id is directly connected to his mouth (Eric Asimov New York Times ). 
language: English
title: What Makes A Wine Worth Drinking: In Praise of the Sublime
publisher: Harvest