"Wine is easy to drink but complicated to understand. Most modern books focus on one element a region, history, wine science, tasting and so on. Few seek to explain it in its totality. That's what makes Pascaline Lepeltier's new book so extraordinary."
"It examines every aspect of wine, starting with the domestication of the grape vine thousands of years ago through the nature of the vine, […] how we taste it and how we talk about it. It's a remarkable synthesis that incorporates biology, chemistry, history and philosophy."
"For her, no question about wine is too simple or basic. No assumption is left unexamined. Perceptions and beliefs are cross-checked through history as science builds and evolves."
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