Cork Dork - A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste (Paperback)

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK "Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo elan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she's not wrong, though Bill Buford's Heat is probably a shade closer." -Jennifer Senior, The New York Times Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn't know much about wine-until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a "cork dork." With boundless curiosity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist's fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: what's the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way you drink wine-and, perhaps, the way you live-forever. "Think: Eat, Pray, Love meets Somm." -theSkimm "As informative as it is, well, intoxicating." -Fortune

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2017
Authors:	Bianca Bosker
Dimensions:	203 x 136 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	329
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-312809-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General cookery > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > Beverages > Alcoholic beverages > General Books > Food & Drink > Beverages > Alcoholic beverages > General Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-14-312809-4
Barcode:	9780143128090

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