The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know Kindle Edition

Jon has the rare ability to reintroduce even connoisseurs to their favorite subject. There’s a naive mindset that once you’re a professional you move beyond basics, something you’ll read repeatedly in the 3 star reviews. But the love for wine (anything, actually) only comes from beginning again at the beginning.Jon quickly abandons all pretense (and I think it threatens showy drinkers—maybe why they label him “pretentious”). Wine is for enjoying, and I think some folks in effort to become aficionados hate the very thing they drink. These new ‘rules’ are really a way of leaving that behind. If buying a bottle requires a therapist afterwards, we’ve done it wrong.But Jon isn’t writing to water down wine. He is resetting a foundation for it, long overdue. And rules like the “champagne test” alone make the book worth the purchase (I’ll leave that cliffhanger for your Amazon cart). And on top of it all, the book is damn gorgeous. Read the negative reviews, but don’t believe them. You already know what you want—I’m just here to affirm it.

I agree with many of the other reviewers that Jon's book is enjoyable for both novices and veteran wine drinkers or producers/sommeliers. Jon's approach is refreshing. I found myself thinking a lot about snobby wine rules - such as what kind of glass to use - which are not always relevant. I don't completely agree with Jon about topics such as sustainability (it is important to think about how to sustain the environment, climate change and the communities around wine, while still being able to pay salaries,) but throughout the book, even the things I somewhat disagreed with made me think more deeply about wine. Wine is deep, wine is art, wine is the most romantic food in the world because of its diversity and history. Jon's book ends up being a lot more than a book about "wine rules."

Lots of good, relevant information for the novice and interested “wino”, and actually also OK as repetition for the intermediate, who will probably recognize most of the info as something they have picked up during their first 10 years as aficionados in spe...

This book is how I have come to enjoy wine. It is a reaffirmation that a person enjoys their wine the best when they have learned to relax into the buying and drinking of their favorite wines regardless of the current fashions or any of the “rules” the experts would have them follow. Have fun, try many wines and develop your own fashions of enjoyment.

Good basic knowledge. If you even have an intermediate understanding of wine, look elsewhere. Could have explained certain areas in more detail.

I was reorganizing my kitchen and toyed with the idea of getting a wine fridge in order to clear room in my cabinets. After searching many fridges I decided I should at least know more about wine before making this random investment. So I found this book instead.It's so helpful! The book is written out in rules, so you can just flip through it to the question you want to know more about as opposed to reading the entire thing.This book is very clear about not being for "wine snobs". It teaches you things that are ACTUALLY helpful! Like how to store wine, glasses to use, what occasions to bring what wine, the basics of wine types and wine buying.I've learned so much and I've been doing things so wrong! I can't wait to put what I've learned to use.

Loved this and have purchased 10 more to give as gifts. Not quite as good as a bottle of wine, but a fun hostess gift. :)Bonne is an expert minus the stuffiness and he offers insight, inspiration and stellar tips you can use. I'll never be afraid to open Champagne again, thanks to this book... We read it as an unusual pick for our book club and all loved it.Highly recommend!

I have a LOT of "getting-to-know-and-understand-wine" books. I live in the SoCal wine country of Temecula which is growing leaps and bounds in perfecting their wines (we have over 50 wineries and rumor has it, this will double in the next few years), so I am reading about all I can about grapes, vines, wineries and the final results. This small book of 150 pages, a lot of which is just artsy, and only 5"x7" in size, won't scare you off if you are new to wine and interested in the "back story" and language of wine. Highly recommend for those just getting into wine tasting. (P.S. This is hot off the presses as of Nov 14, 2017, so is very up to date in its info!)

If you, like me are almost entirely new to wine, this is a great start. Now I feel I need to read (and drink) a bit more.

This is a book that everyone that likes wine should read. It explains so much about wine without being pretentious..I plan to give it as a gift to all of my friends... an easy read and very informative.

Best book with the tips

Easy readying. Helps if you are a beginner like me. Interesting and not too overwhelming. The right book if you want to gain a basic understanding of wine and still feeling that you excited to learn more.

Interesting and fun read! Great for learning about aspects of wine that people often don't talk about.