Alpana Pours: About Being a Woman, Loving Wine and Having Great Relationships

by Alpana Singh and Robert Scarola

"Alpana Pours" is a unique lifestyle book with wine as the centerpiece. Since American women purchase and consume more wine than American men, 77% and 60% respectively, a voice is needed to help women... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897335465
• ISBN13: 9780897335461
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Alpana is Wonderful!

Alpana shows us all how we can relate to wine. Considering how accomplished she is, she is so down to earth. This is a great girlfiend book and men would like it too - It's just really fun!

This book is a ton of fun!

This book is not just for the ladies! Anyone who loves wine and would like to learn a few more basics (I've learned a lot reading this) in a fun, easy to read format will LOVE this book. It is a total page-turner...can't put it down. I'm ordering several more as gifts for all my win-loving friends! Highly recommend.

A Snob-Free Wine Geek!

Yeah, yeah, her writing style is simple. It can be read by anyone with a sixth grade education (well, maybe a ninth grade education, these days) And that's exactly her point! This wine primer makes the reader more excited about wine. And that was clearly her intent. So skim it, use it as a bathroom reader - each entry is about the perfect length for a quick visit to the, um "reading room". Then try some of the wines (and wine exercises) she describes. As a Master Sommelier, Alpana has serious wine chops. Her knowledge is among the top tenths of a percent of those in the wine world. For the fact she never shows off, because she never makes a reader feel bad for not knowing the secret handshake to her exclusive society, and because she chose to be a wine missionary instead of teaching masters courses, I give her kudos. (However, as an operator of a popular, premium wine club, I take umbrage with her views on such sampling programs. They really CAN be fun, educational, and offer good values!) Dave Chambers, Wine Merchant SidewaysWineClub.com

practical, unpretentious, fun wine advice. People! It's only a beverage.

I know a thing or two about wine although I don't have wine fetish. This was the most readable and enjoyable book on wine. Many other books I've looked at made my eyes glaze over with the over-detailed, dry, technical explanations. This book was a revelation. I read it cover to cover in two nights flat. It is knowlegeable and provides practical advice. It is unpretentious, sassy, and doesn't assume prior knowlege, and it's fun! (What other wine book would give you a Master Sommelier's advice for pairing wine with potato chips or Pecans and Pralines Hagen Das?) It was a fun read, and I'm keeping it as a reference. The sub title of "about being a woman" is unfortunate because I think a lot of men would benefit from the advice given in the book.