Wine Book Club: Wine Politics by Tyler Colman
November 5, 2008A few wine bloggers do book reviews on something of a monthly basis. This month our book of choice is “Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink.” Colman has his own blog, where some of the meat of this tome is discussed regularly. Colman unpacks wine with professorial skill but none of the tedium that usually occurs when academics write. All of the things that make wine lovers scratch their heads from arcane shipping laws to the vagaries of the appellation system are dissected thoroughly. Colman is knowledgeable as well as thoughtful. I couldn’t recommend this book more highly than to say, in an era of controversy surrounding the acceptance of wine samples and other freebies, that I bought this book and it was money well spent.
I agree, it’s an excellent read. I’d love to hear your suggestions for wine and food pairings for my online matching tool:
http://www.nataliemaclean.com/matcher
Cheers,
Natalie
http://www.nataliemaclean.com
Editor of Nat Decants Free Wine Newsletter
Author of Red, White and Drunk All Over
Natalie, will do.