The Wine Club: A Month-By-Month Guide to Learning about Wine with Friends

by Maureen Christian Petrosky

Book Overview

Everything you need to know about starting a wine club. This sassy handbook teaches you and your girlfriends the art of selecting, sampling, and sipping the fruit of the vine (while you indulge in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0696225433
• ISBN13: 9780696225437
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Meredith Corporation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Must have book from awesome wine educator!

The wine club is such a great concept -- there couldn't be a more rewarding way to learn about wine than to share it with friends and be guided by a CIA grad and certified sommelier. Petrosky certainly has the notches on her belt to be a true wine snob, but she so smartly chooses not too. Her friendly voice and candor indicate that at some point in her life she too walked the first steps of learning about wine -- and therefore knows just the way to teach it to the rest of us! This book should be handed to everyone on the occasion of the purchase of their first bottle of wine. It is a great guide book to the rite of passage that is wine drinking.

Makes a great gift!

I've bought several copies of this book to give to friends and it's been a big hit with every one of them. Also, as a non-drinker, I know NOTHING about wine, so this book has helped me to make good choices when bringing wine to parties and family gatherings.

love this book!

Petrosky's approach to learning about wine is fun and inviting. I gave this book to a friend of mine for her bridal shower and she loved it. She started her own wine club and this book is her bible. It's a must buy!

This book really hooks you in!

I have to give this author props! She knows her stuff and makes it fun! I bought this for 10 of my closest girlfriends. This makes a great "girls night in" gift!

Wine book that's not stuffy

With the glut of "how-to" wine books written by stuffy wine experts, Petrosky's book is a breath of fresh air. She's able to couch solid wine information in a fun, non-threatening package. She takes you through a year's worth of wine club gatherings with numerous hints, insights and facts not just about wine, but about how one might improve their life through friendships and camaraderie. She shows readers how much fun wine can be and that no one ought to be threatened by it. Oh and there are a ton of great recipes accompanied by solid techniques and serving suggestions that speaks to her experience as a chef and expertise on hospitality for contemporary lifestyles. This book opens the door to a world of wine enjoyment for anyone who's drinking the same-old, same-old Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay and is just slightly curious about the greater world of wine.