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Cork dork : a wine-fueled adventure among the obsessive sommeliers, big bottle hunters, and rogue scientists who taught me to live for taste / Bianca Bosker.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2017Description: xix, 329 pages ; 21cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143128090
  • 0143128094
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.22 23
Contents:
The blind tasting -- The rat -- The secret society -- The showdown -- The brains -- The magic kingdom -- The orgy -- The quality control -- The ten commandments -- The performance -- The trial -- The floor -- The blindest tasting.
Summary: A tech reporter describes her introduction to the world of master sommeliers and her in-depth investigation into the source of their interests and skills, an effort marked by work with elite tasting groups, encounters at exclusive New York restaurants, visits to California winemakers and more. -- Publsiher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index.

The blind tasting -- The rat -- The secret society -- The showdown -- The brains -- The magic kingdom -- The orgy -- The quality control -- The ten commandments -- The performance -- The trial -- The floor -- The blindest tasting.

A tech reporter describes her introduction to the world of master sommeliers and her in-depth investigation into the source of their interests and skills, an effort marked by work with elite tasting groups, encounters at exclusive New York restaurants, visits to California winemakers and more. -- Publsiher's description.