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Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live
Contributor(s): Bosker, Bianca (Author)

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ISBN: 0143128094     ISBN-13: 9780143128090
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Beverages - Alcoholic- General
- Cooking | Essays & Narratives
- Biography & Autobiography | Culinary
Dewey: 641.22
LCCN: 2016029203
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" L (0.60 lbs) 352 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/21/2016
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2017 pg. 42
Booklist 02/15/2017 pg. 12
Shelf Awareness 04/21/2017
 
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Publisher Description:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK

"Thrilling . . . told] with gonzo lan . . . 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

 
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