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Thursday 24 November 2022
Anyone Can Taste Wine - Cees van Casteren

Five books for learners. From amateurs to MWs, these books address learning from every angle, some more successfully than others. 

Anyone Can Taste Wine
You just need this book
Cees van Casteren MW
Published by Open Universe
ISBN 9781637700341
$39.95

I met Cees (pronounced ‘case’) van Casteren at Wiesbaden this year. He was the only other person to plonk down on the mercifully cool grass where Paula Sidore, Anne Krebiehl MW and I had set up a picnic supper, eschewing the beautifully laid, tablecloth-, silverware- and flower-bedecked tables where everyone else was seated. It was a hot night. It had...

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