Grasping the Grape: Demystifying Grape Varieties to Help You Discover the Wines You Love

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Review 'Grasping the Grape is an accessibly fun and beautifully designed journey into some of the wine world's favorite varieties.' -Marissa A. Ross, author of Wine. All The Time: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking and wine editor of Bon Appétit'In this friendly book, sommelier Maryse Chevriere welcomes wine beginners into the fold. If you're looking for an easy-to-digest guide to grape varieties that will help you learn what to expect when you're drinking wine, Grasping the Grape is a great place to start. If you've ever wished to have a handy sommelier around to suggest how you might train your palate to detect key elements like acid, body, and tannin, what you should eat while drinking a certain wine, or which other sorts of wines you might like to try next, you're in good hands here.' -Maggie Hoffman, author of Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion and The One-Bottle Cocktail Read more About the Author James Beard Award-winning humorist and certified sommelier Maryse Chevriere was most recently the Wine Director at Dominique Crenn's acclaimed San Francisco restaurant, Petit Crenn. She currently resides in Boston where she works in hospitality and continues to develop her popular @freshcutgardenhose account. 'Sommelier Maryse Chevriere has a not-so-secret identity. When she isn't pouring wine, she's reigning on Instagram as @freshcutgardenhose, the world's foremost visual interpreter of wine tasting notes.' -Food & Wine 'Maryse Chevriere illustrates, lampoons, and celebrates the excesses of winespeak via her @freshcutgardenhose Instagram account.' -Luke Sykora, Wine & Spirits Magazine 'Chevriere scours social media platforms such as Instagram, Vivino and Delectable for tips on wines that might be worthy additions to a wine list. And while most of us might read a wine description and wonder what the wine tastes like, Chevriere takes a different tack: She visualizes the description and puts pencil to paper, with surreal and witty results.' -Dave McIntyre, The Washington Post 'A US-based sommelier has struck a blow for clarity by creating a series of witty drawings to represent abstract wine descriptions.' -Darren Smith, The Drinks Business Read more