{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-wine-expert-a-beginners-guide-9780961352585","title":"How To Be A Wine Expert, A Beginner's Guide","description":"How To Be A Wine Expert, A Beginner's Guide is published, and I'm delighted with how it turned out. It makes learning about wine easy and fun. In less than 3 minutes you can access the essentials of one of more than 100 of the world's best wine varietals including: Color, Bouquet, and Taste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Gabler grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Washington \u0026amp; Lee University with degrees in economics and law. He served as a finance officer in the U.S. Army with a tour of duty in Korea. He practiced as a civil trial lawyer in Maryland for both the defense and plaintiff. He is retired and living in southern Florida with his wife. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. Jim's passion for includes travels to vineyard regions throughout the world, collecting wine and wine books, and writing about wine. His most recent book is How To Be A Wine Expert, A Beginner's Guide, 3rd edition. Other books are Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson, winner of the 1995 \"Veuve Clicquot Wine Book of the Year,\" and a Robert M. Parker, Jr. \"Wine Book of the Year\" selection, An Evening with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson: Dinner, Wine, and Conversation, Dine with Thomas Jefferson and Fascinating Guests, Wine into Words: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language, two novels, The Secret Formula, and God's Devil, and a stage play, Franklin \u0026amp; Jefferson: Sex, Politics, and the American Revolution. Since the publication of Passions, he has been a guest speaker on Jefferson and wine at institutions, organizations and clubs throughout the United States including Monticello, Smithsonian Institution: Museum of American History, Boston Athenaeum, Winterthur, and The Society of the Four Arts. Jim also gives talks about Benjamin Franklin and wine, and conducts wine tastings.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bacchus Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50846718230802,"sku":"9780961352585","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_397e9371-c8ef-4a40-b238-00eaebd8420e.jpg?v=1737365539","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-wine-expert-a-beginners-guide-9780961352585","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}