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<center><small>To purchase from this site please use a browser that supports frames.</small><p></center> <div> <div > <div id="wrap"> <div id="mainwrap"> <div id="main"> <div id="header"> <table> <tr> <td><a href="/shop/wine/argyle_store.php?astore_url=amazon.com/argyle-wine-20/" id="mainheadertitle">Wine's best friend</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="mainsubheader"> <div id="contentsubheader"> <div id="subheaderlinks"> </div> <div id="subheadertitle">Product Details</div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <table cellspacing="0" id="detailheader"> <tr> <td id="detailImage"> <div class="relative"> </div> </td><td> <div id="titleAndByLine"> <span>Teach Yourself Wine Tasting<br> <span class="by">By Godfrey Spence</span> </span> </div> <table id="prices"></table> <br> <p></p> <p> </p>Average customer review: <br> </td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"> function registerNamespace(ns) { var parts = ns.split("."); var root = window; for(var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) { if(!root[parts[i]]) { root[parts[i]] = new Object(); } root = root[parts[i]]; } } registerNamespace('Associates.Util'); Associates.Util.getElementsByTagAndClass = function(tag, class_name, parent_element) { if(!parent_element){ parent_element = document; } var tags = parent_element.getElementsByTagName(tag); var class_tags = new Array(); var class_regex = new RegExp("\\b" + class_name + "\\b"); for (var i = 0; i < tags.length; i++) { if(tags[i].className.match(class_regex)) { class_tags.push(tags[i]); } } return class_tags; } Associates.Util.findAncestor = function(child, test) { var test_func; if(typeof test == 'object') { test_func = function(obj){ return obj == test }; } else if (typeof test == 'string') { test_func = function(obj){ return obj.nodeName == test }; } else { test_func = test; } while(child && !test_func(child)) { child = child.parentNode; } return child; } Associates.Util.getSelectedRadio = function(form, radioName) { if (typeof form == 'string') { form = document.forms[form]; } for (var i = 0; i < form[radioName].length; i++) { if (form[radioName][i].checked) { return form[radioName][i].value; } } return undefined; } function AttachEventListener(object, event, handler, useCapture) { if( !useCapture ) { useCapture = false; } if( object.addEventListener ) { object.addEventListener(event, handler, useCapture); } else { object.attachEvent('on' + event, handler); } } registerNamespace('Assoc.DOMEvent'); Assoc.DOMEvent.AddHandler = function(object, event, handler, context) { var event_handler; if(context) event_handler = function(event){ handler.call(context, event) }; else event_handler = handler; AttachEventListener(object, event, event_handler); } function GetEventTarget(event) { return (event.target)? event.target : event.srcElement; } //borrowed from quirksmode. Stops event bubbling. function StopEventPropagation(event) { if(!event) { event = window.event; } //MSIE event.cancelBubble = true; //w3c if(event.stopPropagation) { event.stopPropagation(); } } function StopEventDefault(event) { if(!event) { event = window.event; } //MSIE event.returnValue = false; //w3c if(event.preventDefault) { event.preventDefault() }; } //does both StopEventPropogation and StopEventDefault function StopEvent(event) { StopEventDefault(event); StopEventPropagation(event); } function mouseOverFromElement(event) { return (event.relatedTarget)? event.relatedTarget : event.fromTarget; } function mouseOutToElement(event) { return (event.relatedTarget)? event.relatedTarget : event.toTarget; } var wImages; var link = document.getElementById('imageViewerLink'); function openImageViewer(event) { if (wImages == null || wImages.closed) { wImages = window.open(link.href, 'ImageView', 'width=625,height=700,scrollbars,resizable'); } else { wImages.location = link.href; } wImages.focus(); return false; } AttachEventListener(link, 'click', openImageViewer); </script> <div id="productDescription"> <span>Product Description</span> <p>Teach Yourself Wine Tasting offers an unintimidating introduction to this increasingly popular activity. Beautifully illustrated, this large-format guide instructs newcomers in the art of selecting a wine and the technique of tasting. <P>Instead of the traditional geographical approach, here wines are grouped by style: from sweet whites to dry reds to sparkling and fortified wines. This simplified approach helps readers understand the varieties and tastes of wine and learn to compare similar types. Guided by the author, readers will participate in practical tasting sessions and savor for themselves each wine's distinctive qualities.</p> </div> <div id="productDetails"> <hr/> <span>Product Details</span> <ul> <li>Amazon Sales Rank: #1985148 in Books </li> <li>Published on: 2003-04-22</li> <li>Original language: English</li> <li>Number of items: 1</li> <li>Binding: Paperback</li> <li>128 pages</li> </ul> </div> <hr> <span>Editorial Reviews</span> <div id="editorialReviews"> <p> <span class="reviewtitle">Review</span> <br> "an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in wine" -- Burton Mail - 31 May 2003 20030609 "gives a hots of tips for how to graduate from wine novice to connoisseur" -- Brighton Argus - 10 May 03 20030519 does exactly what it says on the cover. An unpretentious, user-friendly guide -- Daily Express </p> <p> <span class="reviewtitle">About the Author</span> <br> <p><b>Godfrey Spence</b> has been in the wine trade for 20years, for 10 years of which heahas been lecturing at the Wine and Spirit Education Trust.</p> </p> </div> <div id="customerReviews"> <hr> <span>Customer Reviews</span> <p> <span class="reviewtitle">Pass on this one.</span> <br>This starts with looking at the wine, then moves on to smelling the wine. It includes a page on flavor characteristics which is helpful to have. However, this book seems to fall short because while it gives definitions of all these different wine venues it does not tell me what the definitions mean or where the venues are. Unless you were an experienced sommelier you would have no idea where most of these locations are that the book talks about. <br /> <br />For one example it tells me to look out for "trocken" on the label or wine list but does not tell me why I'm looking for that word. Is it a place? A level of sweetness? I have no idea. I would think a book for beginners to teach themselves how to taste wine would at least tell me why I need to know these terms. <br /> <br />Another example it tells me to compare a Gewurztraminer with an Alsace. But it doesn't tell me what I'm comparing or contrasting? And I thought Alsace was a place not a grape? Then it says to purchase a supermarket Gewurztraminer with a recognized house. I have no idea what the author is talking about. Is that suppose to mean to buy a cheaply priced bottle and a very expensive bottle? Our supermarkets don't bottle wine. <br /> <br />Overall, it's a very confusing and hit or miss book. 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