The Wine Bible Kindle Edition

The teacher of our wine class suggested this book. It is great for newer people to wine like us. Not overly technical or too much jargon. Lots of nice pictures and illustrations. It is not overwhelming at all. We refer to it often

I am learning so much reading this book!On the downside the font is like 9pt so you may need reading glasses to see it. Still a good book (and thick). Has useful information about the wine regions and not just the wine. Glad I got this book!

I purchased this book to be used for a Stanford University class given by the author, Karen MacNeil. There have been a few assigned readings from the book for our weekly classes, but I enjoy the author’s writing style so much, that I have read many other sections as well. While you don’t need to read the 900+ page book from cover to cover, you just might find yourself treating it like an engaging novel - as I have. There are several glossaries and an index that allows you to quickly navigate to a particular topic. Numerous wine labels are mentioned, but no prices. MacNeil has stated that she intends the wines listed to be representative of those available and recommended in a particular region, but shouldn’t serve as a shopping list. There are many sources of ratings and prices, and this book does not try to fill that niche. I look forward to acquiring the Third Edition when it is published next year.

So after becoming a chef and working in kitchens, catering, private chef, and now a culinary school educator I thought it would be fun to obtain a sommelier degree. Yes, I love to punish myself! I am training for my level two sommelier degree now and working with a "Master Sommelier", and without this book (and many others) I would not be here. This book is a flood of information laid out in a very readable format.I have multiple books on wine, and wine making as I began to make wines several years ago. I had a first edition copy of this book but at the time it did not help me much in my wine making operation so I sold it. Dumb, I will never sell or give away any food and beverage books again. I now own both copies again, and cannot put them down. A thousand page book is usually a shelf sitter but not this one.The first 150 pages are loaded with information on varietals, vinification, terroir, tasting, pairing, and a little on the making of as well. Then you hit the chapter on France, WOW, 200 pages of French wines. I guess once you learn there are around 10,000.....yes 10,000 wines worldwide you soon realize you have ALOT to learn. The section on Italy and their 3,300 different varietals is mind blowing but very interesting and informative.If you want to learn more on this luscious, and beautiful beverage that has been around since 8,000 BC, this is the book to own. As a hobby, collector, maker, or just enthusiast, this is a book for your library. I would have paid double the price for the wealth of information loaded into this easy sized reader. Overwhelming to the beginner, but worth it. Just buy it, you will not be disappointed!

I bought the first edition of this incredible tome in 2015. As an ardent winelover for the past fifty years, I fully appreciate the dedication and passion that went into writing it. But MacNeil didn't just write it, she submitted the chapters to literally dozens of experts in their specialty for review. That is how it took TEN years to write!How good was it? Good enough to take a two pound book with me to the Basque Country of Spain!I own more than a dozen wine books, most of which gather dust on my bookshelf...not that one, it is a constant companion!Imagine, a book that took TEN years to write, TEN years ago, and is still valuable. Wait, isn't that a bible?If you read the Amazon reviews of it, you will find only two complaints: when will she write a new edition, and the weight. Oh, one more: why nothing on Temecula wines?Finally, ten years and 4,000 pages of manuscript later, we got our wish...and more, because of all the changes, THE most valuable is the Kindle edition! Portable, quick and easy to search, and dozens of other new features.As a wine advocate and aficionado who is a blogger and is working on a book project on wine, or more accurately the passion of the people who make them, this is a huge help to me.I have been asked what wines I would take if I was going to a deserted island. I cannot narrow the list down, but as for what wine book I would take, this is it!Oh, and even Temecula gets mentioned, as well as upcoming regions like Slovenia!Thank you, Karen!

This book is truly phenomenal in its breadth in providing an intermediary introduction into wine.Why intermediary? Because it's not exactly a beginner book per se. While it does start with wine-making in general, it spends a large amount of pages describing different wine regions. Some of these are well-known, such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, Spain - others less so such as Slovenia, Hungary, etc.My first wine book as I entered my oenophilic studies was Windows On The World by Kevin Zraly - that is a much more appropriate book for the true beginner. I would suggest reading that first for a more cursory explanation of wine before delving into this 1000-page behemoth.Altogether, this book is great for two large reasons: First, it gives you full exposure to all geographic locations that cultivate wine. Second, it recommends the best winemakers in each region - something I've found useful to pair with the Vivino app on my iPhone, where I can wishlist all the wines she mentions that I find interesting.Altogether, a true 5/5 factual and informative book that is easily digestible due to its chapter-by-chapter approach.

After hearing a few people over the years talk about this book for wine education, I purchased it. There are much better options out there...not only books but wine phone apps. So this is not the true wine bible anymore.

For all the praise the book gets, I wouldn't say it is the most enjoyable wine read ever. It covers a lot of info geographically (despite leaving out some wine producing countries), but I find the narrative lacks a bit of poetry, or that x factor that makes a something a remarkable experience. I think the book could have used more graphical illustrations (especially for step-by-step wine making, or chemical compounds interactions etc) instead of black and white pictures; this could have brought the content more nicely together. For example, even though I ran into the term malic acid multiple times, I still can't tell from the top of my head where would I place it in a wine story; images usually help with these concepts better.

It covers everything and more and is an easy to use reference book.

The book is too complete for a summary review. Anyway more is always better than less, and the book gives a wide perspective of the wine business throughout the worlds, the new and the old. In th chapter about Portugal, there some inaccuracies related with the history of the Oporto Wine. The story is much more glamourous than the one that is described. But in the end I would recommend the book as it’s very complete and give a very good scope of the wine making business.

The best book I have ever read on the subject. Full of information with some laugh out loud moments. An entertaining and informative read. I have learned a lot and I thought I knew about wine.

Very very very well written book.I will buy one more time