Wine Confident: There's No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine

Wine Confident: There's No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine

A new approach to understanding wine. Keli White's very personal approach to exploring this fascinating and delicious subject will resonate with wine students for years to come - destined to be a modern classic. "White is funny, clever, brisk and talks on the page as if she’s sharing a glass with you ... a hard recommend for beginners, but also anyone who still wonders, for example, how and when to decant." — Victoria Moore, The Telegraph "Reading Kelli A White’s words is like chatting with a best friend who also happens to be a wine pro — it’s honest, engaging, entirely without pretension, totally relatable and utterly fascinating." — Club Enologique "Next time I’m asked about wine-breathing gadgets, I shall send the applicant straight to the Guide to Wine Gear section of Kelli A White’s new book Wine Confident: There’s No Wrong Way To Enjoy Wine..." — Telegraph "For those becoming interested in wine but unsure of how to proceed, this is a terrific book." — NY Times Kelli White loves every aspect of wine (‘especially the science-y bits’) and wants to ignite the same kind of passion in her readers. Here, she introduces the many ways in which we can taste it, talk it, appreciate it, choose it, understand it, and navigate its enjoyment with confidence. There are countless ways to engage with wine. If you are a history buff, it has a multi-thousand-year story to plumb. A lover of language and travel? Wine is being made in more countries than ever before and on every continent (except Antarctica). A foodie? Wine is a natural companion to food, and the two can interact in unexpectedly thrilling ways. For those who have fallen in love with wine already, this book is an imaginative and practical guide to embarking on its greatest adventures. For those who haven’t yet, it is the spark to light the fuse… "Reading Kelli A White’s words is like chatting with a best friend who also happens to be a wine pro — it’s honest, engaging, entirely without pretension, totally relatable and utterly fascinating." -- Club Enologique "Next time I’m asked about wine-breathing gadgets, I shall send the applicant straight to the Guide to Wine Gear section of Kelli A White’s new book Wine Confident: There’s No Wrong Way To Enjoy Wine (Académie du Vin Library, £25). ‘In my opinionated opinion,’ says White, ‘the only “aerator” you’ll ever need is a decanter.’ Awarding bonus points here for the eyebrow-raise of the inverted commas around the word aerator." -- Telegraph "For those becoming interested in wine but unsure of how to proceed, this is a terrific book." -- NY Times "White shows great ability to focus on and communicate the truly essential bits of information that can make the reader feel confident and eager to learn more – and relax into the leisure of a good bottle." -- Decanter Wine Confident was featued in The Telegraph. -- The Telegraph "The book is flooded with warmth and unpretentious honesty. I put it down and felt like it had been a chat with a friend, at her kitchen table, while she pulled out bottles and showed me stuff that made her happy, that made her excited, and she just wanted to share what she knew. " -- Jancis Robinson.com "There are useful chapters on tasting and identifying different aromas and flavours, collecting and how to shop like a pro. " -- Toronto Globe "If you want to do wine and stay human, Kelli White's Wine Confident charts the route. It's all here - both the wine stuff and doing stuff with wine. Let this most unpretentious (and evidently kind-hearted) former sommelier chat to you over your shoulder. Drink up the wisdom. Enjoy the clarity and grace of her writing. By the end, you'll have all the tools you need to maximize wine pleasure while minimising wine stress." -- Andrew Jefford, writer at Decanter and World of Fine Wine "She is right there in the trenches with all the rest of us. Learning. Thinking. Having a great time. Falling in love with wine over and over again." -- Karen MacNeil "With so much information online and so many 'influencers,' it's easy to forget that wine enjoyment isn't a series of snapshots but a journey. Think of Kelli White as your knowledgeable, charming and funny tour guide, who will meet you at any point along your own wine trail." -- Dorothy J. Gaiter, Senior Editor ― Grape Collective "I like her style, her knowledge (and frankness), her choice of examples, her lightness of touch - in fact the whole package…All wine books claim to 'demystify'. Few recognize that mystery is part of the fun." -- Hugh Johnson "The Pro Tips and Inside Tracks that Kelli shares throughout the book get right to the heart of wine and will help you make better decisions in restaurants, retail stores and around the dinner table." -- Jane Anson Kelli A White is the Director of Education for the Wine Center at Meadowood in Napa Valley. She is also a celebrated sommelier and author, having penned the award-winning Napa Valley, Then & Now and contributed to a va