Reverse Wine Snob (eBook)

How to Buy and Drink Great Wine without Breaking the Bank

Jon Thorsen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
288 Seiten
Skyhorse (Verlag)
978-1-63220-923-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Most rational people dont pay $40 for $20 items. And yet with wine, it happens all the time. Wine can be an expensive hobby. Founder of the popular site ReverseWineSnob,com, Jon Thorsen is an unapologetic frugal wine consumer. He flips wine snobbery on its head by pushing a $20 or less mantra. Reverse Wine Snob is designed to help wine drinkers stop wasting money and get the most satisfaction out of their drinking dollars. It reveals Thorsens Ten Tenets of Reverse Wine Snobberyten beliefs that eliminate myths about wineas well as a unique rating system that includes the cost of the bottle so that there is satisfaction in both taste and price. In Jons unique system, the more expensive a wine, the better it must taste.Reverse Wine Snob explains:The number one rule all wine drinkers should follow, no matter what the wine snobs say.How to shop for wine at stores like the nations #1 wine retailer Costco and Trader Joes.The regions and varieties of wine that give the best value.Why the price of a wine has nothing to do with its taste.Why the distribution system in the US is broken which costs you money and limits your wine choices.Tons of Jons very favorite wine picks.Jon dapples in every kind of wine from $10 kitchen sink blends to the $20 Saturday Night Splurge, so delicious its worth twice the price. Reverse Wine Snob brings plain old common sense to the wine industry and encourages wine lovers to explore the world of inexpensive quality wine.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. Weve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Jon Thorsen is a wine consumer helping other wine consumers find great grape without breaking the bank. His website ReverseWineSnob.com has grown into one the most popular wine sites on the Internet with a massive social media following. The website is ranked eighth on the list of most influential sites in the entire wine industry and Jon Thorsen is ranked as a top five influencer. He lives in the Shakopee, Minnesota.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.6.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Schlagworte: 2015 • Beer • Beginners • Blanc • books on beers books on win • books on educational guides • books on food pairings • books on global wines • books on red wines • books on street journals • books on wine lovers • books on wine regions • Bottle • Burgundy • Cabernet • Chardonnay • Christmas gifts • Cote • drink wine • Educational Guide • flavors • folly • Food Pairings • fundamentals • global wine • GRAPES • grape varietals • grape varieties • Graphic Design • graphics • handy reference • Infographics • introductory • lettie • MacNeil • madeline • Merlot • Napa • Pairing • pinot gris • Pinot Noir • producing regions • red wine • reference guide coffee table • Riesling • Sauvignon • Sommeliers • street journal • Syrah • tasting experience • tasting notes • tasting wine • teague • Terroir • User Friendly • Valley • varietal • Vineyards • visual learner • Visuals • Wine Business • wine connoisseurs • wine drinkers • wine enthusiasts • Wine Industry • wine lovers • winemaking • wine novice • wine producing • wine recommendations • wine reference • Wine regions • Wineries • wines • wine shop • wine snobs • Wine tasting • wine world • zinfandel
• ISBN-10: 1-63220-923-3 / 1632209233
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63220-923-8 / 9781632209238