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Oldman's Guide to Outsmarting Wine: 108 Ingenious Shortcuts to Navigate the World of Wine with Confidence and Style

Oldman's Guide to Outsmarting Wine: 108 Ingenious Shortcuts to Navigate the World of Wine with Confidence and Style

zoom enlarge 		Author: Mark Oldman
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 41 reviews
Sales Rank: 55786

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1

ISBN: 0142004928
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9780142004920
ASIN: 0142004928

Publication Date: December 7, 2004
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
For the thousands of people who know nothing about wine and want to rectify that swiftly and painlessly, Mark Oldmanthe Naked Chef of wineis here to help with the kind of information readers can use right now:
Australian Shiraz is the most instantly likable red under $15
Drink slightly sweet wine with spicy food
Judge a wine shop by whether it has homemade shelf signs
Dont store unopened wine in the refrigerator for more than a week

Loaded with his personal recommendationsincluding the top 100 wines less than $15Oldmans Guide also includes the wine picks of an eclectic mix of collectors, from Le Cirque owner Sirio Maccioni to Morley Safer of 60 Minutes. This is a wine guide like no other and is sure to be savored by anyone who wants their wine without the attitude.

Customer Reviews:   Read 36 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Make it your first book on wine!   March 2, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you are buying your first book on wine, let it be this one. I have previously bought some other books that were advertised as aimed towards non professionals, but I found many parts of them very hard to read. Oldman's guide is worth reading, and it can awaken the love for wine in you. It is made as one or two page shortcuts which you can easily read, grab off the shelf when you feel like it or when you want to know more. This is the ultimate guide for beginners!


5 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Very Funny and Entertaining   January 13, 2008
Love this! For wine there is no better tome to make you feel like you know what you're talking about. Mark Oldman is brilliant, very funny and entertaining...and iconoclastic and ironic. The book is SO WELL PACED. Before starting it, I would say I was about a 2 in knowing about wine...now I feel like I'm at 7 or 8.


5 out of 5 stars this is "the" wine book   December 24, 2007
If you're serious about learning about wine, Oldman's Guide is "the" book. The author's writing style is so attractive and laugh out loud funny that you'll feel you're with a super knowledgeable friend with the rare ability to make wine simple and clear.



4 out of 5 stars Great book for that recent college grad who wants to be into wine   November 19, 2007
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a perfect gift for a young man who wants to get into wine. Tips are sorted into bite sized chunks, making this a good bedside read or something to keep in the briefcase on a business trip to take up that 15 minutes of dead time in your schedule.


2 out of 5 stars (Too much) accessible for wine lovers.   October 1, 2007
 0 out of 3 found this review helpful

It is really accessible for all newcomers in the world of wine, but is quite annoying for those who already have a basic knowledge of the subject. In addition, I think that the book is not addressing the issue of wine tasting with the proper detail, and this is a great flaw for a book that is expected to guide casual drinkers into the secrets and the pleasures of wine.

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