 | Oldman's Guide to Outsmarting Wine: 108 Ingenious Shortcuts to Navigate the World of Wine with Confidence and Style by Mark Oldman
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $1.71 Smart enough for Miles (the wine snob in Sideways), but approachable enough for Jack (his distracted playboy friend). The best wine book I've seen....I bought several copies as holiday presents
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 | Wine For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking)) by Ed McCarthy
Buy used from: $0.43 Another great wine book to consult...particularly for complete beginnners like Jack.... I took so many notes on my first copy, I bought a second.
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 | North American Pinot Noir by John Winthrop Haeger
Buy new: $24.39 / Used from: $9.35 This grape is the real star of the movie Sideways, and this new book does this fraglie but marvelous grape justice.
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 | Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide 6th Edition : The Complete, Easy-to-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More Than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions by Robert M. Parker
Buy used from: $0.01 Not for beginners but rewarding to anyone who uses language like "Citrus, passion fruit, just the faintest soupcon of asparagus, and, like, a nutty Edam cheese"
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 | Sideways: A Novel by Rex Pickett
Buy new: $12.78 / Used from: $0.01 Here's where it all started ....can read it in just a few days.
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 | The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World by Lawrence Osborne
Buy used from: $0.36 Miles would also get a kick out of this one. The writing is somewhat overdone but the stories are fascinating.
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 | On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $17.00 A nice overall guide for anyone drawn to the good life of food and wine.
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 | Sideways (Score)
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.99 A pleasing soundtrack....and brings back good memories....
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