Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo lan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, shes not wrong, though Bill Bufords Heat is probably a shade closer. Jennifer Senior, The New York Times Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didnt know much about wineuntil 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 neuroscientists fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: whats the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way you drink wineand, perhaps, the way you liveforever. Think: Eat, Pray, Love meets Somm. theSkimm As informative as it is, well, intoxicating. Fortune