Reading between the Wines »

Terry Theise, winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional, is an importer of boutique wines from Germany, Austria, and Champagne. His articles have appeared in The World of Fine Wine magazine. He was Wine & Spirits magazine's Man of the Year in 2001 and Food and Wine magazine's Importer of the Year in 2006.

"There is only one reason that the American wine enthusiast is now completely enamored with German and Austrian wines: Terry Theise! This glorious book not only brilliantly showcases one man's love affair with all the beauties that can flow from the bottle, it definitively makes the case for the wines that are the most superbly suited to be served with food."—Chef Charlie Trotter

"Terry Theise's humane, subtle and engaging book illustrates the superiority of wisdom to mere knowledge. Read and be richer."—Andrew Jefford, columnist for Decanter and The World of Fine Wine

"Impassioned, insistent, and inimitable, Terry Theise is America's foremost wine philosopher. Lots of writers can explain the "what" of wine. Terry, uniquely, inspires us with the 'why'. I devoured Reading Between the Wines; it's the single best book I've ever read on why wine matters."—Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible

"If you think you know something about wine, try Terry Theise's Reading Between the Wines because until you do, you haven't really started."—Tom Stevenson, author of Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia

The New York Times - Eric Asimov

…challenges many conventional beliefs that make wine seem so arcane and hidebound. Tasting notes and scores? Useless. Perfection? An utter bore. Demystify wine? No. Mr. Theise urges that we "remystify" wine. I'm with him all the way…this is a consequential book, rich in ideas and powerful in feeling.

Introduction

one Befriending Your Palate

two What Matters (and What Doesn't) in Wine

three Remystifying Wine

four The Three Humors

five Pressing Hot Buttons

six Of Places and Grapes

seven Wine from Outside

eight Wines That Mattered: Or, "The Dog Ate My Point Scores"

Acknowledgments