Cork Dork
A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste
by Bianca Bosker
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Pub Date Mar 28 2017 | Archive Date Mar 28 2018
PENGUIN GROUP Penguin | Penguin Books
Description
“Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she’s not wrong, though Bill Buford’s Heat is probably a shade closer.” —Jennifer Senior, The New York Times
Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn’t know much about wine—until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a “cork dork.”
With boundless curiosity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist’s fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: what’s the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way you drink wine—and, perhaps, the way you live—forever.
“Think: Eat, Pray, Love meets Somm.” —theSkimm
“As informative as it is, well, intoxicating.” —Fortune
Advance Praise
“Reading Bianca Bosker is like sitting down with a brilliant, curious friend for an after-work drink, and suddenly finding it’s midnight and the table is littered with empty bottles. Between her hilarious exploits and thoughtful meditations on wine and life, you’ll want to stay for just one more.” –Lauren Collins, author of When In French [forthcoming from Penguin Press 9/13/16]
"In this delightfully written and keenly observed book, Bianca Bosker takes readers on a year-long romp through the realm of wine lovers, experts, cultists, sommeliers, and poseurs. Along the way, she helps us become connoisseurs not only of wine but also of people whose passions would more aptly be described as obsessions.” –Walter Isaacson, author of The Innovators
“The Kitchen Confidential of wine: Read this book, and you’ll never be intimidated by wine—or wine snobs—again.”–Madeline Puckette, bestselling co-author of Wine Folly
“In this smart and sharply observed book, Bianca Bosker takes us on a
marvelous journey through the mad, manic, seductive subculture of wine and wine
lovers. It’s also a deeply felt story of her own experience, told with great
heart and wit.”
–Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The
Orchid Thief
“Settle down with a glass of wine and savor this rollicking and lively
tale of Bianca Bosker’s journey from rank amateur to ‘cork dork.’ I gulped down
this book with enormous pleasure.”
–Julia Flynn Siler, New York Times bestselling author of The House
of Mondavi
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780143128090 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 352 |
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