Swallow This: The Progressive Approach to Wine

Tune out the critics. Ignore ratings, medals and the wine glass manufacturers' lobby. Swirl, smell and sip. But above all, don't spit. That's the nutshell description of the progressive message in the new book "Swallow This" is written by the iconoclastic host of public television's "Enjoying Wine with Mark Phillips". "Swallow This: A Progressive Approach to Wine" brings a truly new, practical, every-day method to wine appreciation. Here are just some of the topics Mark covers: when to microwave wine; when to freeze wine; why it's silly to buy highly rated wine; the advantages of storing wine in Tupperware, plastic bottles or Ziploc bags; the hazards of keeping wine in your living room - or still worse, your kitchen; how to blend wine at home to make it taste better; the benefit of adding ice cubes to wine; the four sentences to say to a wine store clerk to get good wine every time; when to send back a wine at a restaurant, even if you just don't like it; and, what's the best wine to serve and/or bring to a dinner party. "Swallow This" brings a refreshingly original style of instruction to a crowded market of wine books. And it aims to change the way the world views wine.