The Cynic's Guide to Wine
Learn about wine using science
The Cynic's Guide to Wine is the go-to book for better understanding wine through the lens of wine science. In each chapter, author Sunny Hodge takes you on a journey from vine roots, to soil, grape biology, farming, winemaking, and human sense perception.
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This book utilises the latest studies in soil science, plant biology, oenology, viticulture, and neurscience to bring the most current overview of wine and how it works to the table.
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A must-have and the perfect gift for foodies and wine lovers with a scientific interest, wine students, wine professionals and experts alike. Get ready to rethink how wine works, debunk a lot of wine myths, and put yourself in a position to get more wine confident.
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Times Radio - Alexis Conran
"For wine lovers I can think of nothing better. This book is fascinating, you're provided the receipts [for aromas in wine]!"​​
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Restaurant Magazine - Is terroir a load of old rot?
"Sunny Hodge’s new book is challenging the perceived wisdom of wine, including the idea that location is everything."​
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Ham & High - Liz Sagues
"I love his approach. It's serious and soundly grounded in science... The journey is revelatory and has prompted me to make a personal resolution to avoid the kinds of descriptions whose usefulness Sunny rightly questions."​​
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Monocle Radio - The Menu
“This book is what novice wine drinkers need, using basic science to explain these concepts."​
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Douglas McMaster, Founder of Silo
"This book is for those wanting to discern fact from fiction; to split the molecules and go deep into the depths of flavour."
Drinking Hour - Food FM
“A lot of what I knew, or thought I knew about wine, was in fact wrong."​
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