Drinking & Knowing Things

De: Michael Amon

Narrado por: Joshua Macrae

Want a recommendation for the best California Chardonnay to bring to your next dinner party? If so, don’t buy this goddamn book. Forget you even saw this. Purge it from your memory. This book is not for you.

Unless….

Do you want to become the most knowledgeable person in your social group about wine? Do you want to uncork a bottle of whoop-ass on every wine-douche and uppity sommelier? Do you want attractive people to hurl themselves at you?

And are you too lazy to spend any time whatsoever learning things? This might be your jam. The greatest wine book ever—written by the world’s leading wine influencer.

Adapted from the hugely popular Drinking & Knowing Things blog, this book provides 52 specific wine recommendations. All you gotta do is spend five minutes each week listening to the weekly wine recommendation, and then go out and drink a bottle of it. Within three months, you’ll be wine conversant. Within six months, you’ll become the de facto sommelier of your social group. And by the end of the year, you’ll be taking somms to the mat and doing James Bond level wine sh*t.

Legal Notice: Michael Amon is in no way responsible for any maniacal wine passion you develop by going down this rabbit hole or any sultry situations you may find yourself in. He is also not responsible for your feelings. If you’re timid or easily offended it’s probably better if you opt out now.

If you’re still reading, buckle up. Sh*t’s about to get real....

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Narrator is a hilariously bad choice.

Love Michael Amon's clear, caustic, and hilarious wine writing. His insights are invaluable to pros and amateurs alike. I didn't expect much from a book that was a direct transcription of his weekly email newsletters, but it was a non-stop engaging listen. EVEN WITH the choice of narrator. And c'mon now, you've gotta be kidding me with this guy. The "hey ladeeeeeeeeez" voice was NOT a match for the writing style. Not only did it suck all the humor out of it, but he was trying so hard to be dashing that the whole thing was awkward to listen to. Next time, hire someone that is, bare minimum, comfortable swearing and doesn't need to cheese his voice up even more every time he has to say "f*ck" (often came out as "foo-aaaahhh-ck").

He gets an extra point for dealing with the Kaleidoscope of languages you need to familiarize yourself with in order to get wine terms right. He put genuine effort into the pronunciation, and was right some of the time, but usually just ALMOST right or off in face-palmy ways.