Taste your way to whisky wisdom.The best way to find out about whisky is by drinking it. Perfect for the whisky curious, this truly hands-on handbook helps you to discover your own personal whisky style, opening up a world of new whiskies to enjoy. Tailored tasting sessions steer you through the full spectrum of whisky's aromas and flavours - from the smoky tang of Islay peat to the sandalwood scents of Japanese oak. Take a tasting tour and compare whiskies from the world's finest makers, including iconic Scottish distilleries and trailblazing craft producers. Get the very best from your whisky, with insider tips on smart buying, making perfect food matches and mixing killer cocktails. With 20 step-by-step tastings, and brimming with clear infographics and jargon-busting advice - as a gorgeous gift for any fan of the dram, this book hits the spot.

The best - and most enjoyable - way to find out about whiskies is by drinking them. This truly hands-on handbook takes you on a tasting journey to discover your own personal whisky style, and helps you to expand your horizons so you can find a world of new whiskies to enjoy. Through a series of guided at-home tastings, you'll get familiar with the full spectrum of whisky aromas and flavours on offer - from the smoky tang of Islay peat to the aromatic scent of Japanese oak. Find out how to engage all your senses to navigate the range of malts, grains and blended whiskies and get to grips with different whisky styles. Take a tasting tour of the world's finest makers, including iconic Scottish distilleries and small-scale artisan producers all over the globe. And as you become more whisky-confident, you can break out of your whisky comfort zone. Do you love the honeyed sweetness of a Kentucky Bourbon? If so, why not try a smooth malt that's been aged in ex-Bourbon barrels? Or a creamy, oat-infused Irish craft whiskey? Guides to whisky prices and ages will help you to make smart buys. Discover how to pour, store and serve whiskies and match them with foods. Learn to mix cocktails, from a classic whiskey sour to your own signature creation. With 20 step-by-step whisky tastings, clear infographics and jargon-busting advice - taste your way to whisky wisdom.

The ultimate course for wine lovers! Learn your sauvignon blanc from your chardonnay and your merlot from your grenache.Smell, swirl and taste your way to transforming from wine novice to expert. The pages of this wine book make a comprehensive, no-nonsense wine tasting course that covers every aspect of wine from grape to glass.Explore the nuances of your favourite red and white and discover new cultivars. Inside, you'll find: - A dynamic course in understanding wine - through tasting and appreciation - with every subject given a high-impact visual treatment- A structure that reflects how people approach wine - talking, tasting, and buying wine come before exploring grape varieties and wine regions- All key wine subjects covered, shown, and explained in an easy-to-understand way- Themed tasting exercises are located throughout the book, encouraging readers to learn at their own paceFollow expert wine advice in the latest edition of Wine: A Tasting Course. The updated text and refreshed design bring concepts to life such as food and wine pairing, identifying the style spectrum, and distinguishing taste and smell. It explores fun wine facts and explodes myths, giving you everything you need to talk, taste, and enjoy your favourite vintage.Can't smell honeysuckle in that glass of sauvignon blanc, or wondering which end of a bottle of chianti is the "nose"? With this immersive guide to all things wine, you'll soon become an expert. Pour over vibrant infographics and learn through "Did you know?" boxes as you try out a selection of taste tests and get a handle on grape varieties and regions. This wine guide is a beautiful gift for the wine-lover in your life or the book for beginners you've been searching for to enjoy, understand, and appreciate wine.

The ultimate course for wine lovers! Learn your sauvignon blanc from your chardonnay and your merlot from your grenache.Smell, swirl and taste your way to transforming from wine novice to expert. The pages of this wine book make a comprehensive, no-nonsense wine tasting course that covers every aspect of wine from grape to glass.Explore the nuances of your favourite red and white and discover new cultivars. Inside, you'll find: - A dynamic course in understanding wine - through tasting and appreciation - with every subject given a high-impact visual treatment- A structure that reflects how people approach wine - talking, tasting, and buying wine come before exploring grape varieties and wine regions- All key wine subjects covered, shown, and explained in an easy-to-understand way- Themed tasting exercises are located throughout the book, encouraging readers to learn at their own paceFollow expert wine advice in the latest edition of Wine: A Tasting Course. The updated text and refreshed design bring concepts to life such as food and wine pairing, identifying the style spectrum, and distinguishing taste and smell. It explores fun wine facts and explodes myths, giving you everything you need to talk, taste, and enjoy your favourite vintage.Can't smell honeysuckle in that glass of sauvignon blanc, or wondering which end of a bottle of chianti is the "nose"? With this immersive guide to all things wine, you'll soon become an expert. Pour over vibrant infographics and learn through "Did you know?" boxes as you try out a selection of taste tests and get a handle on grape varieties and regions. This wine guide is a beautiful gift for the wine-lover in your life or the book for beginners you've been searching for to enjoy, understand, and appreciate wine.

Develop your palate and become your own beer expert.Beer is brewed in a dizzying variety of styles, available to enjoy like never before. Let's drink to this diversity with a new appreciation of just how complex, mind-expanding, and delicious beer can be. Crack open this book and enjoy a series of guided tastings of more than 50 different beer styles - from smoked black lager to funky and sour wild ales, triple green-hopped citrussy IPAs and cask-matured barley wines.With each tasting you will learn to identify how aroma, taste, texture, and finish all combine to create the distinctive flavour profile of the particular beer style. You will discover which unique ingredients and aspects of the brewing process combine to produce each style. While quick reviews of the best examples from around the world will set you exploring further. To help establish your beer palate, the course starts with a solid grounding in the range of flavours found in beer and the art of detecting them - opening your nose, mind, and throat to the complete sensory experience of flavour and pouring the perfect glass!Travel through time and across the globe to grasp the on-going story of beer, its heritage, and innovation. Learn how to pair beer with food and cook with it. But always return to what really matters: that miraculous glass of cold, liquid joy.

BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOKS OF 2023THE FOOD PROGRAMME'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - RADIO 4 CHOSEN BY JAEGA WISEBecome a gin expert and discover your own gin tasting experience.A relatively loose definition of gin has allowed for a boom in specialist gin distilleries and an ever-broadening range of floral, citrus, herbal, spiced, fruity, and umami gins. Originally sought after for its host of medicinal properties, curing (almost) everything from the pestilence to malaria, gin has seen many peaks in its popularity. But the spirit's long history has at times been murky, its history firmly rooted in and tied to Empire, a slide into being known as "mother's ruin", and a large part to play in the rise of abstinence movements. It has not always been the carefree spirit we know today.Join award-winning drinks writer Anthony Gladman as he explores the story of gin, from ancient uses to its present-day renaissance, offers insight into the unique distillation processes, teaches you to establish and develop your own palate and write your own tasting notes, before guiding you through over 100 of the most exciting gins from across the world. Featuring a classic cocktail section and how to make an icon - the G&T - as well as the spirit's impact on the climate and the ways the industry is changing as a result. This is an all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of gin - its heritage and innovation - and a celebration of the multitude of complex flavours present in the spirit today.

Develop your palate and become your own beer sommelier.Beer is brewed in a dizzying variety of styles, available to enjoy like never before. Let's drink to this diversity with a new appreciation of just how complex and mind-expanding beer can be. Go through this ebook and enjoy a series of guided tastings of more than 50 different beer styles - from smoked black lager to sour-fermented wild ales, triple green-hopped IPAs and cask-matured barley wines.With each tasting you will learn to identify how aroma, taste, texture, and finish all combine to create the distinctive flavour profile of the particular beer style. You will discover which unique ingredients and aspects of the brewing process combine to produce each style. While quick reviews of the best examples from around the world will set you exploring further. To help establish your beer palate, the course starts with a solid grounding in the range of flavours found in beer and the art of detecting them - opening your nose, mind, and throat to the complete sensory experience of flavour and pouring the perfect glass!Travel through time and across the globe to grasp the on-going story of beer, its heritage, and innovation. Learn how to pair beer with food and cook with it. But always return to what really matters: that miraculous glass of cold, liquid joy.

BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOKS OF 2023THE FOOD PROGRAMME'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - RADIO 4 CHOSEN BY JAEGA WISEBecome a gin expert and discover your own gin tasting experience.A relatively loose definition of gin has allowed for a boom in specialist gin distilleries and an ever-broadening range of floral, citrus, herbal, spiced, fruity, and umami gins. Originally sought after for its host of medicinal properties, curing (almost) everything from the pestilence to malaria, gin has seen many peaks in its popularity. But the spirit's long history has at times been murky, its history firmly rooted in and tied to Empire, a slide into being known as "mother's ruin", and a large part to play in the rise of abstinence movements. It has not always been the carefree spirit we know today.Join award-winning drinks writer Anthony Gladman as he explores the story of gin, from ancient uses to its present-day renaissance, offers insight into the unique distillation processes, teaches you to establish and develop your own palate and write your own tasting notes, before guiding you through over 100 of the most exciting gins from across the world. Featuring a classic cocktail section and how to make an icon - the G&T - as well as the spirit's impact on the climate and the ways the industry is changing as a result. This is an all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of gin - its heritage and innovation - and a celebration of the multitude of complex flavours present in the spirit today.

* Waitrose Weekend's 2024 Festive Books to Gift *AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4’S SUNDAY BRUNCHOpen the bottle on this comprehensive tasting course to discover the variety, complex history, and distinct flavours that rum has to offer.From its origins in the West Indies and its seafaring associations, rum is now distilled all over the world and its popularity as a spirit is experiencing a new rise. Ian Burrell, a passionate advocate for all things rum, reveals the spirit’s long and complex history, the production, distillation, and ageing process, and the myriad flavours of this delicious drink available today.Discover who we have to thank for inventing rum, how it is created from sugarcane, and how best to enjoy it. With tasting notes for 100 global rums, and recipes for 12 cocktails – both classic favourites and those with a modern twist – Ian Burrell has the know-how and encouragement to allow you to establish your own palate, and write your own tasting notes. Open up the world of premium and bespoke spirits for a lifetime of enjoyment with this all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of rum.

From a herbal sip of blanco to a classic Margarita, tequila is a global hit with a long history dating back to the Aztecs.You might know that tequila is distilled from the agave plant, but did you know that ancient goddesses, wars, and even bats, play a crucial part in its story, too? Tequila expert Millie Milliken is your guide to the art and craft of tequila – the type of agave used and how it is harvested, the jimadors who grow the agaves, the distillers and blender who make tequila, the types of tequila, and the different levels of ageing. From precolonial times, to its use in Mexican culture and history, and all the way through to today’s resurgence, delve into the fascinating history of one of the world’s oldest spirits.Next, the tasting course. Explore the wide variety of flavours you can expect to taste in different tequilas, the significance of the glass you drink from, and the equipment you need to start making cocktails. Tequila may all be made from one type of agave, but they are categorised in six different flavour categories, showcasing the variety of this fascinating spirit.Finally, experiment with making your own cocktails, with Millie’s tips on making the perfect Margarita, Batanga, Paloma, Tequila Sunrise, and more.

* Waitrose Weekend's 2024 Festive Books to Gift *AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4’S SUNDAY BRUNCHOpen the bottle on this comprehensive tasting course to discover the variety, complex history, and distinct flavours that rum has to offer.From its origins in the West Indies and its seafaring associations, rum is now distilled all over the world and its popularity as a spirit is experiencing a new rise. Ian Burrell, a passionate advocate for all things rum, reveals the spirit’s long and complex history, the production, distillation, and ageing process, and the myriad flavours of this delicious drink available today.Discover who we have to thank for inventing rum, how it is created from sugarcane, and how best to enjoy it. With tasting notes for 100 global rums, and recipes for 12 cocktails – both classic favourites and those with a modern twist – Ian Burrell has the know-how and encouragement to allow you to establish your own palate, and write your own tasting notes. Open up the world of premium and bespoke spirits for a lifetime of enjoyment with this all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of rum.

Taste your way to whisky wisdom.The best way to find out about whisky is by drinking it. Perfect for the whisky curious, this truly hands-on handbook helps you to discover your own personal whisky style, opening up a world of new whiskies to enjoy. Tailored tasting sessions steer you through the full spectrum of whisky's aromas and flavours - from the smoky tang of Islay peat to the sandalwood scents of Japanese oak. Take a tasting tour and compare whiskies from the world's finest makers, including iconic Scottish distilleries and trailblazing craft producers. Get the very best from your whisky, with insider tips on smart buying, making perfect food matches and mixing killer cocktails. With 20 step-by-step tastings, and brimming with clear infographics and jargon-busting advice - as a gorgeous gift for any fan of the dram, this book hits the spot.

The best - and most enjoyable - way to find out about whiskies is by drinking them. This truly hands-on handbook takes you on a tasting journey to discover your own personal whisky style, and helps you to expand your horizons so you can find a world of new whiskies to enjoy. Through a series of guided at-home tastings, you'll get familiar with the full spectrum of whisky aromas and flavours on offer - from the smoky tang of Islay peat to the aromatic scent of Japanese oak. Find out how to engage all your senses to navigate the range of malts, grains and blended whiskies and get to grips with different whisky styles. Take a tasting tour of the world's finest makers, including iconic Scottish distilleries and small-scale artisan producers all over the globe. And as you become more whisky-confident, you can break out of your whisky comfort zone. Do you love the honeyed sweetness of a Kentucky Bourbon? If so, why not try a smooth malt that's been aged in ex-Bourbon barrels? Or a creamy, oat-infused Irish craft whiskey? Guides to whisky prices and ages will help you to make smart buys. Discover how to pour, store and serve whiskies and match them with foods. Learn to mix cocktails, from a classic whiskey sour to your own signature creation. With 20 step-by-step whisky tastings, clear infographics and jargon-busting advice - taste your way to whisky wisdom.

The ultimate course for wine lovers! Learn your sauvignon blanc from your chardonnay and your merlot from your grenache.Smell, swirl and taste your way to transforming from wine novice to expert. The pages of this wine book make a comprehensive, no-nonsense wine tasting course that covers every aspect of wine from grape to glass.Explore the nuances of your favourite red and white and discover new cultivars. Inside, you'll find: - A dynamic course in understanding wine - through tasting and appreciation - with every subject given a high-impact visual treatment- A structure that reflects how people approach wine - talking, tasting, and buying wine come before exploring grape varieties and wine regions- All key wine subjects covered, shown, and explained in an easy-to-understand way- Themed tasting exercises are located throughout the book, encouraging readers to learn at their own paceFollow expert wine advice in the latest edition of Wine: A Tasting Course. The updated text and refreshed design bring concepts to life such as food and wine pairing, identifying the style spectrum, and distinguishing taste and smell. It explores fun wine facts and explodes myths, giving you everything you need to talk, taste, and enjoy your favourite vintage.Can't smell honeysuckle in that glass of sauvignon blanc, or wondering which end of a bottle of chianti is the "nose"? With this immersive guide to all things wine, you'll soon become an expert. Pour over vibrant infographics and learn through "Did you know?" boxes as you try out a selection of taste tests and get a handle on grape varieties and regions. This wine guide is a beautiful gift for the wine-lover in your life or the book for beginners you've been searching for to enjoy, understand, and appreciate wine.

The ultimate course for wine lovers! Learn your sauvignon blanc from your chardonnay and your merlot from your grenache.Smell, swirl and taste your way to transforming from wine novice to expert. The pages of this wine book make a comprehensive, no-nonsense wine tasting course that covers every aspect of wine from grape to glass.Explore the nuances of your favourite red and white and discover new cultivars. Inside, you'll find: - A dynamic course in understanding wine - through tasting and appreciation - with every subject given a high-impact visual treatment- A structure that reflects how people approach wine - talking, tasting, and buying wine come before exploring grape varieties and wine regions- All key wine subjects covered, shown, and explained in an easy-to-understand way- Themed tasting exercises are located throughout the book, encouraging readers to learn at their own paceFollow expert wine advice in the latest edition of Wine: A Tasting Course. The updated text and refreshed design bring concepts to life such as food and wine pairing, identifying the style spectrum, and distinguishing taste and smell. It explores fun wine facts and explodes myths, giving you everything you need to talk, taste, and enjoy your favourite vintage.Can't smell honeysuckle in that glass of sauvignon blanc, or wondering which end of a bottle of chianti is the "nose"? With this immersive guide to all things wine, you'll soon become an expert. Pour over vibrant infographics and learn through "Did you know?" boxes as you try out a selection of taste tests and get a handle on grape varieties and regions. This wine guide is a beautiful gift for the wine-lover in your life or the book for beginners you've been searching for to enjoy, understand, and appreciate wine.

Develop your palate and become your own beer expert.Beer is brewed in a dizzying variety of styles, available to enjoy like never before. Let's drink to this diversity with a new appreciation of just how complex, mind-expanding, and delicious beer can be. Crack open this book and enjoy a series of guided tastings of more than 50 different beer styles - from smoked black lager to funky and sour wild ales, triple green-hopped citrussy IPAs and cask-matured barley wines.With each tasting you will learn to identify how aroma, taste, texture, and finish all combine to create the distinctive flavour profile of the particular beer style. You will discover which unique ingredients and aspects of the brewing process combine to produce each style. While quick reviews of the best examples from around the world will set you exploring further. To help establish your beer palate, the course starts with a solid grounding in the range of flavours found in beer and the art of detecting them - opening your nose, mind, and throat to the complete sensory experience of flavour and pouring the perfect glass!Travel through time and across the globe to grasp the on-going story of beer, its heritage, and innovation. Learn how to pair beer with food and cook with it. But always return to what really matters: that miraculous glass of cold, liquid joy.

BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOKS OF 2023THE FOOD PROGRAMME'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - RADIO 4 CHOSEN BY JAEGA WISEBecome a gin expert and discover your own gin tasting experience.A relatively loose definition of gin has allowed for a boom in specialist gin distilleries and an ever-broadening range of floral, citrus, herbal, spiced, fruity, and umami gins. Originally sought after for its host of medicinal properties, curing (almost) everything from the pestilence to malaria, gin has seen many peaks in its popularity. But the spirit's long history has at times been murky, its history firmly rooted in and tied to Empire, a slide into being known as "mother's ruin", and a large part to play in the rise of abstinence movements. It has not always been the carefree spirit we know today.Join award-winning drinks writer Anthony Gladman as he explores the story of gin, from ancient uses to its present-day renaissance, offers insight into the unique distillation processes, teaches you to establish and develop your own palate and write your own tasting notes, before guiding you through over 100 of the most exciting gins from across the world. Featuring a classic cocktail section and how to make an icon - the G&T - as well as the spirit's impact on the climate and the ways the industry is changing as a result. This is an all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of gin - its heritage and innovation - and a celebration of the multitude of complex flavours present in the spirit today.

Develop your palate and become your own beer sommelier.Beer is brewed in a dizzying variety of styles, available to enjoy like never before. Let's drink to this diversity with a new appreciation of just how complex and mind-expanding beer can be. Go through this ebook and enjoy a series of guided tastings of more than 50 different beer styles - from smoked black lager to sour-fermented wild ales, triple green-hopped IPAs and cask-matured barley wines.With each tasting you will learn to identify how aroma, taste, texture, and finish all combine to create the distinctive flavour profile of the particular beer style. You will discover which unique ingredients and aspects of the brewing process combine to produce each style. While quick reviews of the best examples from around the world will set you exploring further. To help establish your beer palate, the course starts with a solid grounding in the range of flavours found in beer and the art of detecting them - opening your nose, mind, and throat to the complete sensory experience of flavour and pouring the perfect glass!Travel through time and across the globe to grasp the on-going story of beer, its heritage, and innovation. Learn how to pair beer with food and cook with it. But always return to what really matters: that miraculous glass of cold, liquid joy.

BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOKS OF 2023THE FOOD PROGRAMME'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - RADIO 4 CHOSEN BY JAEGA WISEBecome a gin expert and discover your own gin tasting experience.A relatively loose definition of gin has allowed for a boom in specialist gin distilleries and an ever-broadening range of floral, citrus, herbal, spiced, fruity, and umami gins. Originally sought after for its host of medicinal properties, curing (almost) everything from the pestilence to malaria, gin has seen many peaks in its popularity. But the spirit's long history has at times been murky, its history firmly rooted in and tied to Empire, a slide into being known as "mother's ruin", and a large part to play in the rise of abstinence movements. It has not always been the carefree spirit we know today.Join award-winning drinks writer Anthony Gladman as he explores the story of gin, from ancient uses to its present-day renaissance, offers insight into the unique distillation processes, teaches you to establish and develop your own palate and write your own tasting notes, before guiding you through over 100 of the most exciting gins from across the world. Featuring a classic cocktail section and how to make an icon - the G&T - as well as the spirit's impact on the climate and the ways the industry is changing as a result. This is an all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of gin - its heritage and innovation - and a celebration of the multitude of complex flavours present in the spirit today.

* Waitrose Weekend's 2024 Festive Books to Gift *AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4’S SUNDAY BRUNCHOpen the bottle on this comprehensive tasting course to discover the variety, complex history, and distinct flavours that rum has to offer.From its origins in the West Indies and its seafaring associations, rum is now distilled all over the world and its popularity as a spirit is experiencing a new rise. Ian Burrell, a passionate advocate for all things rum, reveals the spirit’s long and complex history, the production, distillation, and ageing process, and the myriad flavours of this delicious drink available today.Discover who we have to thank for inventing rum, how it is created from sugarcane, and how best to enjoy it. With tasting notes for 100 global rums, and recipes for 12 cocktails – both classic favourites and those with a modern twist – Ian Burrell has the know-how and encouragement to allow you to establish your own palate, and write your own tasting notes. Open up the world of premium and bespoke spirits for a lifetime of enjoyment with this all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of rum.

From a herbal sip of blanco to a classic Margarita, tequila is a global hit with a long history dating back to the Aztecs.You might know that tequila is distilled from the agave plant, but did you know that ancient goddesses, wars, and even bats, play a crucial part in its story, too? Tequila expert Millie Milliken is your guide to the art and craft of tequila – the type of agave used and how it is harvested, the jimadors who grow the agaves, the distillers and blender who make tequila, the types of tequila, and the different levels of ageing. From precolonial times, to its use in Mexican culture and history, and all the way through to today’s resurgence, delve into the fascinating history of one of the world’s oldest spirits.Next, the tasting course. Explore the wide variety of flavours you can expect to taste in different tequilas, the significance of the glass you drink from, and the equipment you need to start making cocktails. Tequila may all be made from one type of agave, but they are categorised in six different flavour categories, showcasing the variety of this fascinating spirit.Finally, experiment with making your own cocktails, with Millie’s tips on making the perfect Margarita, Batanga, Paloma, Tequila Sunrise, and more.

* Waitrose Weekend's 2024 Festive Books to Gift *AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4’S SUNDAY BRUNCHOpen the bottle on this comprehensive tasting course to discover the variety, complex history, and distinct flavours that rum has to offer.From its origins in the West Indies and its seafaring associations, rum is now distilled all over the world and its popularity as a spirit is experiencing a new rise. Ian Burrell, a passionate advocate for all things rum, reveals the spirit’s long and complex history, the production, distillation, and ageing process, and the myriad flavours of this delicious drink available today.Discover who we have to thank for inventing rum, how it is created from sugarcane, and how best to enjoy it. With tasting notes for 100 global rums, and recipes for 12 cocktails – both classic favourites and those with a modern twist – Ian Burrell has the know-how and encouragement to allow you to establish your own palate, and write your own tasting notes. Open up the world of premium and bespoke spirits for a lifetime of enjoyment with this all-encompassing guide to the ongoing story of rum.