Swallow This

Swallow This – The Progressive Approach to Wine by Mark Phillips

Autographed by Mark Phillips
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Swallow This offers a whole new approach to wine, the Progressive Approach; that is pragmatic, easy-to-understand and consumer focused. Mark’s humorous, irreverent style makes learning about wine fun.

Topics covered include:

• When to microwave wine
• What wine is best for wild sex
• When to freeze wine
• The most amazing way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. It will make you giddy
• The hazards of keeping wine in your living room, or worse, in your kitchen
• The one word that will solve all of your wine and food matching questions
• Why buying expensive wine is a waste of money
• The four sentences to say to a wine store clerk to get good wine every time
• The advantage of storing wine in Tupperware, ziplock bags and plastic water bottles
• Why buying wine by the ratings is stupid
• The mating call of a wine geek
• The trick to knowing what wine tastes like before you buy it
• When it’s appropriate to add ice cubes to wine
• What wine is best while doing the laundry, mowing the lawn and so much more
• The two words that take the intimidation out of wine
• The 1:10 ratio to guide you on how long to age wine
• The truth about using different shapes and sizes of wine glasses
• Overview of the world’s wine regions with buying recommendations
• How the 20 minute rule will help you serve wine at the right temperature
• What to do with the cork when the waiter gives it to you
• When to send a wine back at a restaurant, even if it’s not rotten

Witty, unique, fast-paced, and never, ever boring, Swallow This will be the most practical, entertaining, informative and enjoyable wine book on the market today.