Reviews for A very good year

The average rating for A very good year based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-04-24 00:00:00 Christie Chase When I picked this up, I was looking for a book that would explain the process of growing and making wine. I was not necessarily concerned with the particular personalities involved in producing wine at a specific winery. From the book's cover, I knew that I'd be reading about the production of sauvignon blanc by the Ferrari Carano winery. So, I knew that the book was partly not what I was looking for. Unfortunately, virtually from the first page, A Very Good Year became much too involved with the people at the Ferrari Carano winery and paid much less attention to the process of creating the wine. However, the little gems about wine production (particularly of sauvignon blanc) that were included were fascinating. The drawback is that finding those gems requires a lot of skimming. I would recommend this book to someone who wants to read a somewhat compelling account of how the personalities involved in the production of wine can affect the outcome of the wine itself.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-01 00:00:00 Joseph Cortina Still a three-star read. More interesting this time around, being wayore familiar with wine and the people who make it and how trends have evolved, but still mired down by VERY uninteresting tangents into the stories of these people's personal lives. I just don't care about this guy's relationship with his dad or someone else's traumatic car accident -- it doesn't change the wine. Anyway, I'd still recommend it as a great crash course on wine, winemaking, and the wine business.