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Review on 🍷 Wine Folly: Magnum Edition: The Master Guide - Ultimate Collector's Edition Gift Set by Bob Novitsky

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Nice gift, a little expensive. The Wine Madness book is a great reference book and an enjoyable read.

. My boyfriend and I got wine bugs about 8 years ago and we have attended many classes and tastings. A colleague knew we liked wine and brought this book to work to share with me. When Revain suggested this wine gift set I was immediately hooked. What You Get: In addition to the hardcover version of this book and a red ribbon to mark your place. You will receive a gift box with the following content: **** Tasting glass *** * Special cloth for polishing wine glasses. **** Tasting report with embossing and some notes at the beginning. **** Manual opener with socket clip. It's big but not too big. The manual opener is good. I personally like the non-yielding pistol grip type which makes it much easier to use. I have about 5 Twisty Multi links. As nice as a tasting magazine is, I wish it had numbered pages and a table of contents. It would have been even better if the book had a list of flavors the wine could have, like on pages 30-31 in the book. This is a good hint so you know what you are trying to do. A polishing cloth is good, but not for me. The Wine Folly book itself is excellent. After looking through a colleague's copy, I realized I'd like this.**** In the first 70 pages you'll learn all about the different characteristics of the wine. As I mentioned earlier, pages 30-31 gave you advice on wine aromas. I've seen a version of this in every class I've taken. **** 70-190 discusses the characteristics of different types of wine. All Majors.**** 191-299 discuss wines by region and suggest wines to taste for each **** Links and additional resources at the end Although this would make a nice gift for a wine lover, I felt that the tasting journal was missing a person who really uses them. Such a beautiful relief specimen that could have been much larger.

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design.
Cons
  • Negative impression.