Scouted: The Top Books For Wine Lovers, Chosen By The Editors of Half Full
Wine certainly has a lot of history. From its religious implications to the bottles found on the Titanic, there’s a lot to unpack when it comes to wine. Good thing there’s a ton of literature about where wine has been and where it’s going, and you deserve to read it all. These eight books were all picked by Half Full’s very own Noah Rothbaum, so you know they’re going to be filled with the vino vernacular you’ll surely enjoy.
Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals, $26 on Amazon: “Rajat Parr’s profound knowledge of wines, deep relationships with producers, and renowned tasting abilities have made him a legend in the business. As wine director for the Mina Group, Parr presides over the lists at some of the country’s top restaurants. In Secrets of the Sommeliers, Parr and journalist Jordan Mackay present a fascinating portrait of the world’s top wine professionals and their trade.”
The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe, $24 on Amazon: “The first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste. This will be the go-to guide for aspiring sommeliers, wine aficionados who want to improve their blind tasting skills, and amateur enthusiasts looking for a straightforward and visceral way to understand and describe wine. In this seminal addition to the wine canon, noted experts Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay share everything they've learned in their decades of tasting wine. The result is the most in-depth study of the world's greatest wine regions ever published.”